无穷无尽

無窮無盡

wúqióng-wújìn

idiom #22,631

Meanings

1 endless
2 inexhaustible
3 boundless
4 without limit

Characters

without; nothing

extreme; exhausted; destitute

to exhaust; to end; to finish

Examples

宇宙是无穷无尽的，人类无法探索其全部。

Yǔzhòu shì wúqióngwújìn de, rénlèi wúfǎ tànsuǒ qí quánbù.

The universe is boundless; humanity cannot explore all of it.

他对知识的渴望是无穷无尽的。

Tā duì zhīshì de kěwàng shì wúqióngwújìn de.

His thirst for knowledge is inexhaustible.

Tips

memory

无穷 = without extreme/end; 无尽 = without exhaustion. Both halves mean the same thing, doubled for emphasis — a classic Chinese rhetorical technique called 同义叠用 (synonym doubling).

Stroke Order

无 wú

穷 qióng

尽 jìn