成事

chéngshì
  1. to accomplish the objective
  2. to succeed

CEDICT

  1. (literary) matter from the past; that which has passed
  2. (literary) to accomplish a task; to succeed; to complete a mission
  3. matter from the past; that which has passed
  4. to accomplish a task; to succeed; to complete a mission

Wiktionary

  1. 已經完成的事情。
  2. 舊事、往事。
  3. 辦成、完成。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 成 chéng
  1. to succeed
  2. to finish
  3. to complete
  4. to accomplish
  5. to become
  6. to turn into
  7. to be all right
  8. OK!
  9. one tenth
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

Containing this entry

因人成事 yīnrénchéngshì to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends
成事不足，敗事有餘 chéngshìbùzú,bàishìyǒuyú
  1. unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
  2. unable to do anything right
  3. never make, but always mar
謀事在人，成事在天 móushìzàirén,chéngshìzàitiān planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.

Related entries

成 chéng
  1. to succeed
  2. to finish
  3. to complete
  4. to accomplish
  5. to become
  6. to turn into
  7. to be all right
  8. OK!
  9. one tenth
冰融化成水。

Ice melts to become water.

Source: Tatoeba

成功 chénggōng
  1. to succeed
  2. success
  3. successful; fruitful
她成功了。

She was successful.

Source: Tatoeba

遂 suì
  1. to satisfy
  2. to succeed
  3. then
  4. thereupon
  5. finally
  6. unexpectedly
  7. to proceed
  8. to reach
打響 dǎxiǎng
  1. to start shooting or firing
  2. to win an initial success
  3. to succeed (of a plan)
繼述 jìshù
  1. (literary) to carry on
  2. to inherit
  3. to succeed
繼 jì
  1. to continue
  2. to follow after
  3. to go on with
  4. to succeed
  5. to inherit
  6. then
  7. afterwards
布什继里根之后当上了总统。

Bush followed Reagan as president.

Source: Tatoeba