接二连三 (接二連三)
jiē èr lián sān
Pinyin

Definition

接二连三 (接二連三)
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jiē èr lián sān
  1. one after another (idiom)
  2. in quick succession

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
二
èr
  1. 1 two
  2. 2 2
  3. 3 (Beijing dialect) stupid
第二
dì èr
  1. 1 second
  2. 2 number two
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 secondary
一二
yī èr
  1. 1 one or two
  2. 2 a few
一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum

Sample Sentences

接二连三
jiēèrliánsān
one after another, in quick succession
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最近问题总是接二连三地发生。
zuìjìn wèntí zǒngshì jiēèrliánsān de fāshēng 。
Recently, one problem has been popping up after another.
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办公室里的杯子都接二连三地失踪了。
bàngōngshì lǐ de bēizi dōu jiēèrliánsān de shīzōng le 。
The office cups just keep disappearing one after the other.
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我最近接二连三地收到朋友的结婚请帖。
wǒ zuìjìn jiēèrliánsān de shōudào péngyou de jiéhūn qǐngtiě 。
Recently, I've been receiving my friends' wedding invitations one after the other.
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