无
恶
不
作

Not to shrink from any crime (idiom) in Chinese: 无恶不作 (wú è bù zuò)

wú è bù zuò

not to shrink from any crime (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 無惡不作1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed

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无
恶
不
作

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ㄨˊ

wú

ㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄜˋ

è

ㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

无恶不作

Simplified

無惡不作

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那伙强盗无恶不作，害了很多人。

    nà huǒ qiáng dào wú è bú zuò， hài le hěn duō rén。

    That gang of bandits committed every evil, harming many people.

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Related words

不

bù

no

无

wú

not to have

作

zuò

to do

恶

è

evil

工作

gōng zuò

to work

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

动作

dòng zuò

movement

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