接二连三

接二連三

jiē'èr-liánsān

idiom HSK 7-9 #24,825

Meanings

1 one after another
2 in quick succession
3 repeatedly

Characters

to connect; to follow

to link; continuous

Examples

最近接二连三地出了问题。

Zuìjìn jiē'èr-liánsān de chū le wèntí.

Problems have been cropping up one after another recently.

好消息接二连三地传来。

Hǎo xiāoxi jiē'èr-liánsān de chuánlái.

Good news kept coming one after another.

Tips

memory

Literally 'connect two, link three' — after the second comes a third, and more keep coming. Picture dominoes falling in a chain.

Stroke Order

接 jiē

二 èr

连 lián

三 sān