连绵不绝 — Chinese idiom
连绵不绝
lián mián bù jué
Traditional: 連綿不絕
Meaning
- continuous; unending
Character by character
- 连liánto join, to connect; continuous; even
- 绵miáncontinuous, unbroken; cotten, silk; soft, downy
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
Idioms sharing a character
- 叫苦连天 jiào kǔ lián tiān
- 喜结连理 xǐ jié lián lǐ
- 妙语连珠 miào yǔ lián zhū
- 拔茅连茹 bá máo lián rú
- 接二连三 jiē èr lián sān
- 接连不断 jiē lián bù duàn
- 炮火连天 pào huǒ lián tiān
- 藕断丝连 ǒu duàn sī lián
- 血肉相连 xuè ròu xiāng lián
- 连三并四 lián sān bìng sì
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