有增无减 Chinese English dictionary 有增无减 translate 有增无减 pinyin

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有增无减

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
有增无减 yǒuzēngwújiǎn	有增无减 \| 有增无减* \| *有增无减	to increase without letup / to get worse and worse (idiom)	有增無減

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
有	有 \| 有* \| *有	6画月 + 2	yǒu, yòu	have, own, possess; exist	jau5	4022.7 KB


增	增 \| 增* \| *增	15画土 + 12	zēng	increase, add to, augment	zang1	4816.6 GCWA


无	无 \| 无* \| *无	4画无 + 0	wú, mó	negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71	mou4	無 1041.0 MKU


减	减 \| 减* \| *减	11画冫 + 9	jiǎn	decrease, subtract, diminish	gaam2	減 3315 IMIHR

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
有增无减 yǒuzēngwújiǎn	有增无减 \| 有增无减* \| *有增无减	to increase without letup / to get worse and worse (idiom)


有 yǒu	有 \| 有* \| *有	to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)


增　zēng	增 \| 增* \| *增	(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to


无　　mó	无 \| 无* \| *无	used in 南無｜南无


无　　wú	无 \| 无* \| *无	not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less


减　　　jiǎn	减 \| 减* \| *减	to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish