接踵而来

接踵而來
jiēzhǒngérlái
to come one after the other

CEDICT

形容相继不断的来到。《孽海花．第二五回》：「当此内忧外患接踵而来，老夫子繫天下人望，我倒可惜他多此一段闲情逸致！」也作「继踵而至」、「接踵而至」。

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Homographs

接踵而来 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 来 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 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 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)