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Definitions
- 1. to link
- 2. to join
- 3. to connect
- 4. continuously
- 5. in succession
- 6. including
- 7. (used with 也[yě], 都[dōu] etc) even
- 8. company (military)
Words Containing 连
mechanics of a continuous medium
that very night
Qilian Mountains (formerly Richthofen Range), dividing Qinghai and Gansu provinces
to involve
absolutely continuous (math.)
day after day
sparkling with wit (idiom)
hooded sweatshirt
hat-trick (sports)
Lianshan Zhuang and Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远[qīng yuǎn], Guangdong
to link up (disparate elements)
Qilian Mountains in Qinghai
to implicate
polypeptide chain
pantyhose; tights
Chinese rings, a brainteaser toy consisting of nine rings interlocked on a looped handle, the objective being to remove the rings from the handle
medium interface connector
one-piece swimsuit
chain reaction
continuous function
Liannan Yao Autonomous County in Qingyuan 清遠|清远[qīng yuǎn], Guangdong
conjoined twins
Liancheng county in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian
see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ]
(of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom)
electrical lead
chain
to link
to adjoin
continuity
conjoined twins
linked in a chain
illogical
invaluable
two trees that grow together as one
lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another
to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave)
Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Mare Cantabrico)
discontinuous; discrete
to interlock
repeatedly
reaching the sky
Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
TV series
promptly
to cajole
conjunction
chain store
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan
chain store
to linger
serialized drama
connection-oriented
to continue to discuss a poem over a long period
to put together
Lianshan district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市, Liaoning
to relate closely
Ma Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生
mittens
lit. to continuously revolve
Lian county in Guangdong
successive years
chain store
compound ratio
Wudalianchi, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang
husbands of sisters
consecutive defeats
connector
rolling and crawling
Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
virtual connection
one after the other
Lianjiang county in Fuzhou 福州[fú zhōu], Fujian
continuous
to kick and beat (idiom)
woman's dress
Lianyun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[lián yún gǎng shì], Jiangsu
to be linked together
comic strip
Erenhot City in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia
tuplet (music)
(sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang
to bear joint responsibility for sth
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
to combine
surface of discontinuity
to adhere
on end
a bunch of nonsense
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
seamless connection
both principal and interest
Liannan Yaozu autonomous county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远[qīng yuǎn], Guangdong
one after the other
Streptococcus thermophilus
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
Cantabria in north Spain
to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession
hyphen
(math.) the continuum hypothesis
Dalian University of Foreign Languages
to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc)
copula (linguistics)
sequential decoding stage
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom); inseparably related
to run quickly
Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director
jumpsuit
to reconnect
in a row
external link
Horizontal Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[zòng héng jiā] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
Forsythia
lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom); keeping exactly abreast of one another
fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom); ever victorious
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
Lianyungang prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
conjoined (twins)
connectionism
Yunlian county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[yí bīn], Sichuan
to involve others (in a crime)
Lianyun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市[lián yún gǎng shì], Jiangsu
Lianshan district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市, Liaoning
Lianshan Zhuang and Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan 清遠|清远[qīng yuǎn], Guangdong
consecutive serial numbers
joined as a string of pearls
pushing and pulling (idiom)
Lianping county in Heyuan 河源[hé yuán], Guangdong
concerted action
forming a continuous sheet
pattern matching (puzzle game)
single attachment station (telecommunications)
flail chest (medicine)
Yunlian county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾[yí bīn], Sichuan
Lianping county in Heyuan 河源[hé yuán], Guangdong
guilt by association
one after another (idiom)
company (of troops)
a succession of
liaison (in phonetics)
to connect to
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined
to be related
tuplet (music)
local coherence
Special Duties Unit, Hong Kong special police
communicating vessels (in scientific experiment)
to link
to tell one lie after another (idiom)
serialized
serial killer
continuous
flail
Lianyungang prefecture-level city in Jiangsu
linking verb
Maximilian or Maximilien (name)
tie (music)
hyphen
interconnection
local connectionist network
repeatedly
in unbroken succession (idiom)
to tie the knot (idiom)
Lianzhou, county-level city in Qingyuan 清遠|清远[qīng yuǎn], Guangdong
to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
continuous
to link up
connection frame
Lianjiang county in Fuzhou 福州[fú zhōu], Fujian
nuclear chain reaction
open systems interconnection
cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
to join jade annuli
conjoined twins
continuous
dial-up connection
Dalian University of Technology
hyphen
successive offenses
dual attachment station
adhesion
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
to take even the cooking pots (idiom)
long-winded empty talk
Cantabrian mountain range in north Spain dividing Asturias from Castilla-Leon
Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
data link connection identifier (DLCI)
Wudalianchi, county-level city in Heihe 黑河[hēi hé], Heilongjiang
to batter
hyphen (punct.)
together with
continuous casting (metallurgy)
Erenhot City in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia
Liancheng, county-level city in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian
Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[zòng héng jiā] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
to link; to join; to connect
renga
lianhuanhua (graphic novel)
barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
ligase
repeatedly (say something)
to link
Lianzhou, county-level city in Qingyuan 清遠|清远[qīng yuǎn], Guangdong
tone sandhi
Qilian County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
interlinked
Qilian County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[hǎi běi zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
chop
company commander
to use (two words etc) together
connectionless
ravaged by successive wars
to whine on for days (idiom)
to share nuptial cup
to connect
to continue in (a political) office
interlocked stratagems
continuous monitoring
to bridge over
needlework
conjunction
to pull up by the roots
one's own flesh and blood (idiom); closely related
continuum
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan
to cosign
structured note (finance)
Gigantoraptor erlianensis (a giant bird-like dinosaur found in Erlian in Inner Mongolia)
the same night
(of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology