接踵而来

接踵而來
jiēzhǒngérlái
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

Jiérì qījiān, hǎo xiāoxi jiēzhǒng ér lái.
During the holiday, good news kept coming one after another.
Máfan jiēzhǒng ér lái, ràng tā yīngjiē bùxiá.
Troubles came in quick succession, leaving him unable to cope.
Zìcóng tā chūmíng hòu, yāoqǐng hán jiēzhǒng ér lái.
Since he became famous, invitations have been arriving one after another.

Tips

memory
means heel. 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