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What does 不成 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

不成 bùchéng

won't do; impossible

It can also mean

  • (particle) at the end of a rhetorical question (as in 难道…不成)

Its characters

  1. 不 bù not
  2. 成 chéng to become

In a sentence

这样做不成,我们换个办法。 Doing it this way won't work; let's try another approach.

那妖怪一听,吓了一跳:“既是这样,我还是走吧,这夫妻做不成了!

From 猪八戒 · Pigsy Joins

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