接踵而來

接踵而来
jiēzhǒngérlái
to come one after the other

CEDICT

形容相繼不斷的來到。《孽海花．第二五回》：「當此內憂外患接踵而來，老夫子繫天下人望，我倒可惜他多此一段閑情逸致！」也作「繼踵而至」、「接踵而至」。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

接踵而來 jiēzhǒng'érlái

Entry Composition

1 接踵 jiēzhǒng to follow on sb's heels
2 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
3 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)

Related entries

成串 chéngchuàn
  1. to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc)
  2. to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes)
  3. to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)