无恶不作

無惡不作

wú'è-bùzuò

idiom HSK 7-9 #27,846

Meanings

1 to stop at nothing evil
2 to commit every kind of crime

Characters

to do; to commit

Examples

这个犯罪集团无恶不作。

Zhège fànzuì jítuán wú'èbùzuò.

This criminal gang stops at nothing evil.

他无恶不作，终于被抓了。

Tā wú'èbùzuò, zhōngyú bèi zhuā le.

He committed every kind of crime and was finally caught.

Tips

grammar

Literally 'no evil not done' — a double negative meaning every evil deed has been committed. Used to describe thoroughly wicked people.

Stroke Order

无 wú

恶 è

不 bù

作 zuò