一件件

yījiànjiàn

phrase #35,813

Meanings

1 one item after another
2 piece by piece
3 one by one (of clothing, items, matters that take 件 as their measure word)

Characters

item (measure word)

Examples

HSK 5

他一件件地交代事情的经过。

Tā yījiànjiàn de jiāodài shìqing de jīngguò.

He recounted what happened one matter at a time.

HSK 7-9

她把衣服一件件叠好。

Tā bǎ yīfu yījiànjiàn dié hǎo.

She folded the clothes one by one.

HSK 7-9

一件件往事浮现在脑海里。

Yījiànjiàn wǎngshì fúxiàn zài nǎohǎi lǐ.

Past events surfaced in his mind one after another.

Tips

grammar

Reduplication of the measure word 件 with 一 - a productive pattern that turns any measure word into 'one X after another' (一个个, 一条条, 一次次). Often takes 地 (de) before a verb to act as an adverbial.

Stroke Order

一 yī

件 jiàn