HSK 5 grammar · pattern
没A没B
没A没B — without any sense of A or B
Pattern
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A and B are related or opposite
( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
没A没B slots two related or opposite words into 没…没… to describe a lack of proper distinction or limit, usually with a disapproving tone: "no sense of A or B / without any …." Set examples include 没大没小, 没完没了, 没日没夜.
Examples
你怎么对长辈说话没大没小的？
Nǐ zěnme duì zhǎngbèi shuōhuà méi dà méi xiǎo de?
How can you talk to your elders with no sense of respect?
他没日没夜地工作，身体都累坏了。
Tā méi rì méi yè de gōngzuò, shēntǐ dōu lèihuài le.
He works day and night and has worn himself out.
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See it in a story
In the app, 没A没B is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.