[EP 381] New HSK 6 Voc 67 (Intermediate): 3 Usages about 不成 || 新汉语水平3.0中级词汇6 || Join My Daily Live

[EP 381] New HSK 6 Voc 67 (Intermediate): 不成 || 新汉语水平3.0中级词汇6 || Join My Daily Live
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New HSK 6-67: 不成bù chéng [par./v.]
[New Vocab]
cannot, should not, must not; (used at the end of a rhetorical question)
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下雨了，我们现在哪里也去不成。
下雨了，我們現在哪裡也去不成。
xià yǔ le , wǒ men xiàn zài nǎ lǐ yě qù bù chéng .
It’s raining. We can’t go anywhere now.
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V + 不成[了/的]: can’t [successfully] + V
(去不成，做不成，办不成，写不成)
没有他的帮忙，这件事是做不成的。
沒有他的幫忙，這件事是做不成的。
méi yǒu tā de bāng máng , zhè jiàn shì shì zuò bù chéng de .
Without his help, this matter can’t be (successfully) done.
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没了我心爱的老婆，我什么事都做不成。
沒了我心愛的老婆，我什麼事都做不成。
méi le wǒ xīn ài de lǎo pó , wǒ shén me shì dōu zuò bù chéng .
Without my beloved wife, I can’t do anything.
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苏苏最后决定放弃，这场活动是办不成了。
蘇蘇最後決定放棄，這場活動是辦不成了。
sū sū zuì hòu jué dìng fàng qì , zhè chǎng huó dòng shì bàn bù chéng le .
Sue decided to give up at last. This activity couldn’t be (successfully) held.
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他媽媽生病了，他的生意做不成了。
他媽媽生病了，他的生意做不成了。
tā mā ma shēng bìng le , tā de shēng yì zuò bù chéng le .
His mother fell ill. He couldn’t (successfully) do his business.
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难道+非要 + a sentence + 不成 (used at the end of a rhetorical question)
=难不成(非)要 + sentence + 不可？
[Do you really want something to happen/go like that?]
难道非要她去借钱不成？
難道非要她去借錢不成？
nán dào fēi yào tā qù jiè qián bù chéng ?
Does she have to be the one who borrow the money?
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难道非要他们离婚不成？
難道非要他們離婚不成？
nán dào fēi yào tā men lí hūn bù chéng ?
Do they really have to get divorced?
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难道就+只能+ a sentence + 不成(used at the end of a rhetorical question)
[Can we only do this? ]
难道就只能喝白开水不成？我们不能点些咖啡喝吗？
難道就只能喝白開水不成？我們不能點些咖啡喝嗎？
nán dào jiù zhǐ néng hē bái kāi shuǐ bù chéng ? wǒ men bù néng diǎn xiē kā fēi hē ma ?
Can we just drink plain water? Why can’t we order coffee to drink?
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难道就只能去北京不成？我们不能也去新疆吗？
難道就只能去北京不成？我們不能也去新疆嗎？
nán dào jiù zhǐ néng qù běi jīng bù chéng ? wǒ men bù néng yě qù xīn jiāng ma ?
Can we just go to Beijing? Why can’t we also go to Xinjiang?
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Common Chinese idioms:
Sentence/N + 不成问题: not a problem; unproblematic
交给我办吧！这点小事不成问题。
交給我辦吧！這點小事不成問題。
jiāo gěi wǒ bàn ba ! zhè diǎn xiǎo shì bù chéng wèn tí .
Leave it to me! This won’t be a problem.
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她卖衣服赚了不少钱，年收入100万美元不成问题！
她賣衣服賺了不少錢，年收入100万美元不成问题！
tā mài yī fú zhuàn le bù shǎo qián , nián shōu rù 100 wàn měi yuán bù chéng wèn tí !
She earns a lot of money by selling clothes. Annual income of $ 1 million is not a problem!
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Sentence/N + (真是/太…了) + 不成体统:
not according with decorum; having no manners; very improper
这样跟父母说话真是不成体统。
這樣跟父母說話真是不成體統。
zhè yàng gēn fù mǔ shuō huà zhēn shì bù chéng tǐ tǒng .
It is really improper to talk to your parents like this.
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穿短裤去见女朋友的父母，太不成体统了。
穿短褲去見女朋友的父母，太不成體統了。
chuān duǎn kù qù jiàn nǚ péng yǒu de fù mǔ , tài bù chéng tǐ tǒng le .
It is very improper to meet your girlfriend’s parents in shorts.
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S + 泣不成声 (泣不成聲) qǐ bù chéng shēng
choke with sobs / sobbing too much to speak
听到儿子死亡的消息，林太太泣不成声。
聽到兒子死亡的消息，林太太泣不成声。
tīng dào ér zi sǐ wáng de xiāo xī , lín tài tài qì bù chéng shēng .
Hearing her son’s death, Mrs. Lin sobbed too much to speak.
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不成样子/不成樣子beyond recognition [negative]
那辆车已破得不成样子。
那輛車已破得不成樣子。
nà liàng chē yǐ pò dé bù chéng yàng zi .
The car's totally clapped out.