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接二连三

jiē èr lián sān

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 接二連三

接二连三 (jiē èr lián sān) means "one after another (idiom); in quick succession". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 接二连三 means

1. idiomone after another; in quick succession

The characters in 接二连三

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 二èrtwo; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 三sānthree; 3

Example sentences

• 不但如此，巧合的事还会接二连三地发生。
  In addition, coincidences inevitably come in threes.

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