接踵而来

接踵而來
jiēzhǒng'érlái
idiom #26,126

Meanings

  1. 1 to come one after another
  2. 2 to follow in quick succession
  3. 3 to arrive in a continuous stream

Examples

HSK 5
Jiérì qījiān, hǎo xiāoxi jiēzhǒng'érlái.
During the holiday, good news kept coming one after another.
HSK 7-9
Máfan jiēzhǒng'érlái, ràng tā yìngjiē-bùxiá.
Troubles came in quick succession, leaving him unable to cope.
HSK 7-9
Zìcóng tā chūmíng hòu, yāoqǐnghán jiēzhǒng'érlái.
Since he became famous, invitations have been arriving one after another.

Tips

memory
means heel. 接踵 literally means heel-to-heel (one person's heel touching the next person's toes), vividly describing a crowd so dense that arrivals are back-to-back.
usage
接踵而来 is used for things that arrive in rapid succession - events, problems, guests, news. It carries a sense of an overwhelming or relentless flow.

Stroke Order

jiē
zhǒng
ér
lái