接二连三 (jiē èr lián sān)

Character breakdown

• 接 (jiē) · 11 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 妾 represents the sound.

• 二 (èr) · 2 strokes

  Two horizontal strokes, representing the number two.

• 连 (Lián) · 7 strokes

  Depicts a carriage (车) being pulled by a person walking (辶). Simplified form of 連.

• 三 (Sān) · 3 strokes

  Three horizontal strokes, representing the number three.

Usage

最近接二连三地收到朋友的结婚请帖。

I've been receiving wedding invitations from friends one after another lately.

Zuì jìn jiē èr lián sān de shōu dào péng you de jié hūn qǐng tiě.