無時無刻
See also: 无时无刻
Chinese
not have | time | not have | moment | ||
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trad. (無時無刻) | 無 | 時 | 無 | 刻 | |
simp. (无时无刻) | 无 | 时 | 无 | 刻 |
Pronunciation
Idiom
無時無刻
- (prescribed) at no time; never
- 自是行忘止,食忘饗,卻像掉下了一件甚麼東西,無時無刻不在心上。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I
- Zì shì xíng wàng zhǐ, shí wàng xiǎng, què xiàng diàoxià le yī jiàn shénme dōngxi, wúshíwúkè bù zài xīnshàng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
自是行忘止,食忘飨,却像掉下了一件什么东西,无时无刻不在心上。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
- (proscribed or Cantonese) at all times; anytime
Usage notes
- For the first sense, usually used with negative particles (e.g. 不) to form double negative sentences, with the meaning of “all the time, incessantly”.
- For the second sense, usually used with 都 to mean “all the time, incessantly”.
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