没完没了

méi wán méi liǎo

endless; going on and on

Character by character

没méi
not

完wán
finish

没méi
not

了liǎo
end

这场雨下起来没完没了，衣服晾了一个星期都没干。

This rain just goes on and on; the washing has been hanging out for a week and still isn’t dry.

Tone: negative (criticism).

了 is liǎo here, “to end”. Said with annoyance about talk, rain, work or quarrels: 说起来没完没了, 没完没了地抱怨.

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