接连不断

接連不斷
jiēliánbùduàn
idiom #39,541

Meanings

  1. 1 one after another without interruption
  2. 2 in unbroken succession
  3. 3 continuous

Examples

Zuìjìn huài xiāoxi jiēliánbùduàn, ràng rén xīnfán.
Bad news has been coming one after another lately, and it's really stressful.
Guānzhòng de zhǎngshēng jiēliánbùduàn, chíxù le zhěngzhěng wǔ fēnzhōng.
The audience's applause went on without pause for a full five minutes.
Chūnjié qījiān, bàinián de diànhuà jiēliánbùduàn.
During Spring Festival, the New Year greeting phone calls came in one after another.

Tips

usage
Very common in news/narrative writing. Neutral — can apply to good events (accolades, successes) or bad (disasters, complaints). Usually the subject is a countable series of events: 问题, 事故, 来电, 掌声.

Stroke Order

jiē
lián
duàn