串连 (chuàn lián) — (verb) to connect in series; to link up (people or ideas); (noun) series connection; a linked chain

Definition

Literally 'string-link': link items (facts, events, ideas) into a chain. Often used in journalism, writing, and investigation to mean connecting scattered clues or points into one narrative.

verb
to connect in seriesto link up (people or ideas)
noun
series connectiona linked chain
Easily confused

Examples

  • 串连。
    Zhè xiē diàn chí xū yào chuàn lián qǐ lái cái néng zǔ chéng yí gè diàn lù.
    These batteries need to be connected in series to form a circuit.
  • 串连，。
    Tā bǎ jǐ gè xiǎng fǎ chuàn lián qǐ lái, xíng chéng yí gè xīn de fāng àn.
    He linked several ideas together to form a new plan.
  • 串连。
    Zhè zhǒng lián jiē fāng shì jiào zuò chuàn lián.
    This type of connection is called a series connection.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

串chuànstring
连liánlink

串 means to string and 连 means to link, so both point to joining things in a row.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 串 is a picture of objects strung together.

Open 串 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

  • 辶辵chuòto walk
  • 車車jūchariot

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

Open 连 →

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