# 一事无成 (yīshìwúchéng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一事无成 (yīshìwúchéng) means “to have achieved nothing”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to have achieved nothing
- Pinyin: yīshìwúchéng (yi1 shi4 wu2 cheng2)
- Traditional: 一事無成
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他多年来一事无成。
  Tā duōnián lái yīshìwúchéng.
  He has achieved nothing for many years.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [事](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-matter/) (shì): matter; thing
- [无](https://hanziro.com/word/wu-without/) (wú): (literary) without; no, not
- [成](https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-become/) (chéng): to become; to succeed

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-shi-wu-cheng-have-achieved-nothing/

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