汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 不成体统
bù chéng tǐ tǒng
不成体统 (不成體統)
not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous / bad form / unacceptable behavior
体统 Pattern, rule / Note that there is no rule in the line, it is not possible
循规蹈矩
体统格局，规矩。指言行没有规矩，不成样子。
不 bù/bú 成 chéng 体 (體) tǐ 统 (統) tǒng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

舞会上穿短裤不成体统。

Short trousers are improper at a dance.

昨天晚上她在宴会上的行为不成体统。

Her behaviour at the party last night was unseemly.

我真是不成体统。还没有让您喝点什么呢！

I'm forgetting myself. I haven't offered you a drink yet!

他说话的时候，没有去看女人，因为那是不成体统的。

He did not look at the woman as he spoke. It would not have been seemly.

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