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接踵而來

简接踵而来 · 繁接踵而來

Mandarin · pinyin jiē zhǒng ér lái

to come one after the other

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接: jiē · receive; continue; catch; connect
踵: zhǒng · heel; follow; visit, call on
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
來: lái · come, coming; return, returning
来: lái · come, coming; return, returning

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1–3–2–2 · jie1 zhong3 er2 lai2

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zip3 zung2 ji4 loi4

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(idiomatic) synonym of 接踵而至 (jiēzhǒng'érzhì, “to follow each other and arrive successively”)

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