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一连串

yī lián chuàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 一連串

一连串 (yī lián chuàn) means "a succession of; a series of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 一连串 means

1. a succession of
2. a series of

The characters in 一连串

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 串chuànto string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly

Example sentences

• 她提出了一连串的医学发现。
  Tā tíchū le yīliánchuàn de yīxué fāxiàn.
  She made a series of medical discoveries.
• 一连串的灾难袭击这个地区。
  A string of disasters struck the region.
• 一连串的爆炸使实验室成为废墟。
  Yīliánchuàn de bàozhà shǐ shíyànshì chéngwéi fèixū.
  A series of blasts reduced the laboratory to ruins.
• 他们在无重力状态下进行了一连串的实验。
  Tāmen zài wú zhònglì zhuàngtài xià jìnxíng le yīliánchuàn de shíyàn.
  They conducted a series of experiments under zero gravity.
• 在一连串可怕的事件中, 哥伦布曾经咬紧牙关撑过去。
  Zài yīliánchuàn kěpà de shìjiàn zhōng, Gēlúnbù céngjīng yǎojǐnyáguān chēng guòqù.
  In a horrifying chain of events, Christopher Columbus once bit his own lip.

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