成立

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water

Examples

• 这家公司成立于二〇一五年。

  zhè jiā gōng sī chéng lì yú èr líng yī wǔ nián.

  This company was founded in 2015.

• 学校成立了一个汉语俱乐部。

  xué xiào chéng lì le yí gè hàn yǔ jù lè bù.

  The school set up a Chinese club.

• 你的理由不能成立。

  nǐ de lǐ yóu bù néng chéng lì.

  Your argument doesn't hold water.

Easily confused

• 建立 — 成立 is for organizations being founded; 建立 is for building relations, systems or trust (建立关系).

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