动词＋个＋不停／没完
to keep on doing something non-stop
Structure
主语 ＋ 动词 ＋ 个 ＋ 不停／没完
What it means
“To keep on doing something non-stop”, often to the speaker's annoyance. 个 links the verb to a complement saying how far the action goes.
How it is built
Subject + verb + 个 + 不停／没完: 孩子饿了，哭个不停 (the baby was hungry and would not stop crying). The same frame names a goal: 问个清楚, 玩个痛快.
When to use it
Lively and spoken, more vivid than plain 不停地哭 or 一直说. 他一喝酒就说个没完 sounds fed up with him.
Watch out
Nothing can come after the verb except 个 (or 了个), so put the object first. ✗ 下雨个不停 ✓ 雨下个不停.
Examples
孩子饿了，哭个不停。
The baby was hungry and would not stop crying.
他一喝酒就说个没完。
Once he has had a drink he talks on and on.
从昨天晚上开始，手机就响个不停。
My phone has not stopped ringing since last night.
Learn this in Lesson 112 · HSK 7–9: 台风来了 (Typhoon warning: a weather report)
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