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不成体统

bù chéng tǐ tǒngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
not according with decorum (idiom) / scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-4b8e7c67578ed312. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

不成體統 不成体统 [bu4 cheng2 ti3 tong3] /not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous/bad form/unacceptable behavior/

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Other forms in these source records: 不成體統

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 成
    chéng

    to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

    Chéng

    surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都[Chéng dū]

  • 体
    tī

    used in 體己|体己[tī ji] / Taiwan pr. [tǐ]

    tǐ

    body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics)

  • 统
    tǒng

    to gather / to unite / to unify / whole

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.