National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), a public research university in Tainan, Taiwan
meiosis (in sexual reproduction)
historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying
game where the last word of one idiom 成语[chéng yǔ] is the first of the next
断层成像 斷層成像 duàn céng chéng xiàng computed tomography
1. to look favorably on sth2. would be glad see it happen
normal cost (accountancy)
historic cost (accounting)
1. lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)2. fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle3. to get to a better place after going through difficult period
1. Internet addiction2. net addiction3. web addiction
(Internet slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章[chū kǒu chéng zhāng])
1. social composition2. social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultural Revolution)
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
久病成良医 久病成良醫 jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
合成类固醇 合成類固醇 hé chéng lèi gù chún anabolic steroids
天文学大成 天文學大成 tiān wén xué dà chéng the Almagest by Ptolemy
1. lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)2. fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor3. what goes around comes around
(finance) dollar cost averaging
成不了气候 成不了氣候 chéng bu liǎo qì hòu won't get far; unlikely to be successful
成长型思维 成長型思維 chéng zhǎng xíng sī wéi growth mindset
osteogenesis imperfecta (OI); brittle bone disease
磁共振成像 cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàng magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
脑成像技术 腦成像技術 nǎo chéng xiàng jì shù brain imaging technique
不成功便成仁 bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén to succeed or die trying (idiom)
偏正式合成词 偏正式合成詞 piān zhèng shì hé chéng cí modified compound word
专用集成电路 專用集成電路 zhuān yòng jí chéng diàn lù application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
成败在此一举 成敗在此一舉 chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ success or failure depends on this single action; win or lose, it all ends here; this is the make-or-break moment
成都体育大学 成都體育大學 chéng dū tǐ yù dà xué Chengdu Sports University
植物化学成分 植物化學成分 zhí wù huà xué chéng fèn phytochemical
生米做成熟饭 生米做成熟飯 shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn 1. lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed2. It's too late to change anything now.3. also written 生米煮成熟饭
红血球生成素 紅血球生成素 hóng xuè qiú shēng chéng sù erythropoietin (EPO)
联合式合成词 聯合式合成詞 lián hé shì hé chéng cí coordinative compound word
一口吃不成胖子 yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi 1. lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)2. fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence
偷鸡不成蚀把米 偷雞不成蝕把米 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ 1. lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)2. fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off3. to go for wool and come back shorn
失败是成功之母 失敗是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ Failure is the mother of success.
好心当成驴肝肺 好心當成驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dàng chéng lǘ gān fèi (saying) to mistake good intentions for ill will
无心插柳柳成阴 無心插柳柳成陰 wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn 1. lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you2. (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success3. also written 无心插柳柳成荫