Results for “成”

unwritten law

worthless / good-for-nothing

shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow

see 不像話|不像话[bù xiàng huà]

not according with decorum (idiom) / scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior

spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship

prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)

long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)

(proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor

nine-tenths / ninety percent

low cost / inexpensive

to cause / to render

to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight / to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts / to come to fruition

modified compound word

lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn

photosynthesis

eighty percent / most probably / most likely

the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)

(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent / articulate

to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred

cut into

effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)

not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)

to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

processing cost

if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom) / fig. impossible to stop halfway

chemical composition

completely

see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shí ná jiǔ wěn]

highly effective / fruitful

(idiom) to fall out with sb / to become enemies

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently

can be expected to be a success

anabolism (biology) / constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc) / assimilation

synthesizer (musical instrument)

composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization)