yǒu zēng wú jiǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to increase without letup / to get worse and worse (idiom)
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Original source entry:

有增無減 有增无减 [you3 zeng1 wu2 jian3] /to increase without letup/to get worse and worse (idiom)/

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