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陆续 (lù xù) — one after another; in succession

Definition

陆续 describes a series of separate events happening one after another over time (not all at once). Use 逐渐 when a single thing changes little by little; 陆续 is for multiple discrete events.

adverb
one after anotherin succession

Examples

  • 陆续。
    Dà jiā lù xù zǒu chū le fáng jiān.
    Everyone walked out of the room one after another.
  • ，陆续。
    Dōng tiān guò qù le, tiān qì lù xù biàn rè le.
    Winter passed, and the weather gradually warmed up.
  • 陆续。
    Gōng sī lù xù zhāo pìn le jǐ míng xīn yuán gōng.
    The company recruited several new employees one after another.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
联绵liánmiánBound pair

Two characters that only ever appear together, spelling one ancient two-syllable word.

陆lù
续xù

The characters 陆 and 续 carry no meaning of their own here; the whole word spells succession.

Sound-only characters

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陸; 陆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
坴
坴lù陸lù
Same sound today

The traditional form 陸 uses 阝 (written in full as 阜) for the meaning and 坴 for the sound; the simplified 陆 is a later shorthand.

Open 陆 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 續; 续 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧶠
𧶠𧶠續xù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 續 pairs 糸 (rope) with 𧶠 as the sound part; the simplified 续 is a later abbreviation.

Open 续 →
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