to increase without letup; to get worse and worse (idiom)
trad. 有增無減
Also written 有增無減【yǒu zēng wú jiǎn】
Characters in this word
4有
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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
增
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(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
- Pinyin
- zēng
- Strokes
- 15
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
减
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to lower, to decrease, to reduce, to subtract, to diminish
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Traditional
- 減
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 15148 of 2500