接二连三

接二連三

jiēèrliánsān

idiom HSK 7 #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 jiēèrliánsān 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 jiēèrliánsān de chuán lái.

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