无时无刻

無時無刻
wúshíwúkè
idiom #10,719

Meanings

  1. 1 at all times
  2. 2 every moment
  3. 3 constantly

Examples

Tā wúshíwúkè bú zài xiǎngniàn jiārén.
She misses her family every single moment.
Wēixiǎn wúshíwúkè bù cúnzài.
Danger exists at all times.

Tips

mistakes
无时无刻 must be followed by to mean 'at all times'. Literally it means 'no time, no moment NOT doing X' = always doing X. Without , the meaning reverses to 'never'.
grammar
Pattern: 无时无刻 + verb. This double negative (no moment + not) creates an emphatic positive: 'at every moment'.

Stroke Order

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