無成 [无－]

Jyutping mou4 sing4
Pinyin wú chéng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. achieving nothing
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literary
    to not accomplish (anything); to not achieve (anything); to be without success
  2. adv, Hakka
    Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...
    (syn.) 難道, 冇過, 甭, 莫非, 毋成, 毋旨估, 難不成, 唔得旨, 無敢, 敢是, 豈, 莫不是, 敢講, 無成, 攏無, 毋旨, 總無, 敢會, 唔成, 敢係, 未是, 敢, 唔通
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    一事无成
    一事無成
    jat1 si6 mou4 sing4
    • to have nothing achieved or succeeded
  2. Cantonese
    佢做过好多份工，但总系一事无成。
    佢做過好多份工，但總係一事無成。
    keoi5 zou6 gwo3 hou2 do1 fan6 gung1, daan6 zung2 hai6 jat1 si6 mou4 sing4.
    • He has done many jobs but he always ends up without any accomplishment.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    做生意不能前怕狼后怕虎，否则将一事无成。
    做生意不能前怕狼後怕虎，否則將一事無成。
    zuò shēng yi bù néng qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ ， fǒu zé jiāng yī shì wú chéng ．
    • You'll get nowhere in business if you're afraid of taking action.