百看不厌
bǎi kàn bù yàn
never tire of watching (or reading) it
Character by character
百bǎi
hundred
hundred
看kàn
watch
watch
不bù
not
not
厌yàn
tire
tire
Example
这部老电视剧我百看不厌,每年暑假都要再看一遍。
I never tire of this old TV series; I watch it again every summer holiday.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
厌 is the 厌 of 厌恶 in this lesson: to be sick of. Change the verb for other things: 百听不厌 (songs), 百读不厌 (books).
Learn this in Lesson 217 · HSK 9+: 台词里的中国 (Lines from the screen)
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