络绎不绝 (luò yì bù jué)

Character breakdown

• 络 (lào) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絡.

• 绎 (yì) · 8 strokes

• 不 (bù) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

• 绝 (jué) · 9 strokes

  Depicts a knife (刀) cutting a thread (纟). 卩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絕.

Usage

前来参观的人络绎不绝。

(idiom) continuously; in an endless stream

qián lái cān guān de rén luò yì bù jué 。