连连 (連連)
lián lián
Pinyin

Definition

连连 (連連)
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lián lián
  1. repeatedly
  2. again and again

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

连
Lián
  1. 1 surname Lian
连续
lián xù
  1. 1 continuous
  2. 2 in a row
  3. 3 serial
  4. 4 consecutive
一连
yī lián
  1. 1 in a row
  2. 2 in succession
  3. 3 running
一连串
yī lián chuàn
  1. 1 a succession of
  2. 2 a series of
大连
Dà lián
  1. 1 Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China

Idioms (20)

叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
喜结连理
xǐ jié lián lǐ
  1. 1 to tie the knot (idiom)
  2. 2 to get married
妙语连珠
miào yǔ lián zhū
  1. 1 sparkling with wit (idiom)

Sample Sentences

对《七月与安生》，我个人也蛮欣赏陈可辛导演的这部电影的，金马奖总是惊喜连连！
duì 《 qīyuè yǔ ānshēng 》，wǒ gèrén yě mán xīnshǎng Chén Kěxīn dǎoyǎn de zhè bù diànyǐng de ，jīnmǎjiǎng zǒngshì jīngxǐliánlián ！
I really liked "Soul Mates", the film directed by Chen Kexin. The Golden Horse Awards are always full of surprises!
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大臣们开始还搞不清是怎么一回事，看了曹冲称象，连连叫好。曹操非常得意，更加宠爱曹冲了。
dàchénmen kāishǐ hái gǎobuqīng shì zěnme yī huí shì ，kàn le Cáo Chōng chēng xiàng ，liánlián jiàohǎo 。Cáo Cāo fēicháng déyì ，gèngjiā chǒng ài Cáo Chōng le 。
At first, the ministers couldn't guess what was going to happen, but after seeing Cao Chong measure the elephant, they all began to applaud him one after another. Cao Cao was extremely proud of Cao Chong and doted upon him even more after that.
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民间传说是为了在年三十晚上赶走一个专门害小孩子的妖怪。长辈给晚辈压岁钱呢，就是送护身符，保平安。后来就变成了新年的习俗，讨个吉利。“发”压岁钱的人呢，来年就能行大运，发大财！而且最好都是新钱，钞票的号码还要相连，表示“连连高升”！
mínjiān chuánshuō shì wèile zài niánsānshí wǎnshang gǎnzǒu yī ge zhuānmén hài xiǎoháizi de yāoguài 。zhǎngbèi gěi wǎnbèi yāsuìqián ne ，jiùshì sòng hùshēnfú ，bǎo píng ān 。hòulái jiù biànchéng le xīnnián de xísú ，tǎo ge jílì 。“fā ”yāsuìqián de rén ne ，láinián jiù néng xíngdàyùn ，fādàcái ！érqiě zuìhǎo dōu shì xīn qián ，chāopiào de hàomǎ hái yào xiānglián ，biǎoshì “liánliángāoshēng ”！
A folk legend says that it's to scare off a monster that harms little children on the last day before the Lunar New Year. The older generation gives money to the younger generation as a way of protecting them. Later on, it became a New Year custom, something auspicious. People who give out money will be very lucky, and they'll get rich. And it's best if it's new money. The numbers on the money should be in sequence, to show ``getting higher all the time."
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