接踵而來
jiē​zhǒng'ér​lái

to come one after another

  • created sense approved 接踵而来/接踵而來 · jiē​zhǒng'ér​lái · to come one after another — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    接踵而来 / 接踵而來

    jiē​zhǒng'ér​lái

    to come one after another

    To arrive or occur in quick succession; used to describe people, events, or problems that happen one after the other continuously.

    接踵 (literal) → 接踵 · jiē​zhǒng · to follow on someone's heels 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense