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I have these sentences from my textbook which I mostly understand, but I'm confused about the usage of 成.

”有银行通知我去面试,所以就穿成这样了。“

”我们和上次那个公司的生意终于谈成了。“

"当别人请你帮忙时,对那些自己很难办成的事情,最好还是先想清楚。如果最后事情没办成,不仅自己会觉得不好意思,而且别人以后也有可能不再相信你了。"

I'm guessing 成 is a resultant complement, it seems from context to mean something like 完 or 好, indicating completion. If so, how does it differ from them?

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As a resultant complement, both 完 and 好 can indicate 'finish' or 'complete'

Example:

谈完生意 (finish talking business)

做好功課 (finish doing homework)

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好 can also mean 'properly' or 'well'

Example: 學好中文 (learn Chinese well)

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As a resultant complement, depending on the context, 成 can mean:

  1. 成為 - e.g. 做木偶 (make into a puppet); 打成殘廢 (beat to become crippled)

  2. 成功 - e.g. 谈生意 (successfully making a deal); 練成武功 (successfully trained in martial art)

很难办成的事情

很难办 = hard to successfully do

穿成这样

穿这样 = dress (to become) like this

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  • Thanks for the clarification and thorough answer! Commented Jul 2, 2021 at 13:19
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In the last 2 examples you are right , but in the first one 成 means 成为(become) which can not be replaced by 完 or 好.

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