有增无减 — Chinese idiom
有增无减
yǒu zēng wú jiǎn
Traditional: 有增無減
Meaning
- to increase without letup
- to get worse and worse
Character by character
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 增zēngto increase; to expand; to augment; to add
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 减jiǎnto decrease, to subtract, to diminish
Idioms sharing a character
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng
- 互通有无 hù tōng yǒu wú
- 井井有条 jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 别有用心 bié yǒu yòng xīn
- 前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu
- 化为乌有 huà wéi wū yǒu
- 另有企图 lìng yǒu qǐ tú
- 各有千秋 gè yǒu qiān qiū
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