无时无刻

無時無刻
wúshí-wúkè
idiom #10,719

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Tā wúshí-wúkè bú zài xiǎngniàn jiārén.
She misses her family every single moment.
HSK 5
Wēixiǎn wúshí-wúkè 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: 无时无刻不 + verb. This double negative (no moment + not) creates an emphatic positive: 'at every moment'.

Stroke Order

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