Definition
连环 literally means 'chain of rings' (interlocked rings). In contemporary Chinese it is most commonly encountered as a prefix in compounds like 连环画 (comic strip or picture-story book) and 连环计 (a strategy of interlocking schemes from the Thirty-Six Stratagems). It emphasizes a sequence of linked events or objects where each piece connects to the next.
n.
chain of ringsinterlocked ringsseries of interconnected events or things (in compounds)
Examples
- 。Zhè běn lián huán huà shì wǒ xiǎo shíhou zuì xǐhuan de.This comic book was my favorite when I was a kid.
- 连环。Jǐngfāng fāxiàn zhè shì yì qǐ lián huán móushā àn.The police discovered that this was a series of linked murders.
- 连环，。Tā shèjì le yí tào lián huán jì, zuìzhōng dǎbài le duìshǒu.He devised a set of interlocking schemes and finally defeated his opponent.
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