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 3
Wēixiǎn wúshí-wúkè bù cúnzài.
Danger exists at all times.
HSK 4
Tā wúshí-wúkè bú zài xiǎngniàn jiārén.
She misses her family every single moment.

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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