一事無成

一事无成
yīshìwúchéng
(idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回
3 無成 wúchéng achieving nothing