连 lián
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 车 cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
连连
liánlián
again and again; repeatedly
Character
Example phrases
- 预算草案公布后，几位议员连连追问环保资金为何被削减。 Yùsuàn cǎo'àn gōngbù hòu, jǐ wèi yìyuán liánlián zhuīwèn huánbǎo zījīn wèihé bèi xuējiǎn. After the draft budget was announced, several legislators repeatedly pressed on why environmental funds had been cut.
- 听了这个好消息，大家连连点头。 Tīng le zhège hǎo xiāoxi, dàjiā liánlián diǎntóu. Hearing the good news, everyone nodded again and again.
- 孩子连连打哈欠，看来是真的困了。 Háizi liánlián dǎ hāqian, kànlái shì zhēn de kùn le. The child kept yawning; he must be really sleepy.
Related words
- 连 lián even; in a row
- 连忙 liánmáng hurriedly
- 连续 liánxù continuous; in a row
- 连续剧 liánxùjù television series
- 接连 jiēlián one after another
- 连接 liánjiē to connect
- 相连 xiānglián to be connected
- 接二连三 jiē'èrliánsān one after another; in succession
- 连贯 liánguàn to connect coherently; coherent
- 连绵 liánmián continuous; stretching unbroken
- 连年 liánnián year after year; for successive years
- 连任 liánrèn to be re-elected; to serve consecutive terms