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

HSK 3

他无恶不作，终于被抓了。

Tā wú'è-bùzuò, zhōngyú bèi zhuā le.

He committed every kind of crime and was finally caught.

HSK 6

这个犯罪集团无恶不作。

Zhège fànzuì jítuán wú'è-bùzuò.

This criminal gang stops at nothing evil.

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