tiếp liền

Cuộc họp tiếp liền sau buổi ăn trưa.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Immediately following / consecutive: Describes events, actions, or periods that follow one another directly without interruption or gap.
   • Adjoining / contiguous: Describes things that are physically next to each other, sharing a common boundary.

2. Adverb:

   • In immediate succession / right after: Used to indicate that one action or event happens directly after another.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Hai ngày nghỉ lễ tiếp liền nhau. (The two holidays are consecutive.)
  • Căn phòng của họ là hai căn tiếp liền. (Their rooms are two adjoining rooms.)

• Adverb:

  • Buổi họp kết thúc, tiếp liền là bữa tiệc. (The meeting ended, and right after was the party.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to emphasize a direct, unbroken sequence in time or physical connection in space.
  • Một chuỗi sự kiện bi thảm tiếp liền. (A series of tragic events in immediate succession.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tiếp theo (adj/adv): next, following. This is a more common and general synonym.

  • Phần tiếp theo của câu chuyện. (The next part of the story.)

• Liên tiếp (adj/adv): continuous, successive. Emphasizes a repeated sequence.

  • Trời mưa liên tiếp ba ngày. (It rained for three days in a row.)

Synonyms

• Consecutive: following one after another in order.
• Adjoining: next to or sharing a border with.
• In succession: happening one after another.

Related Idioms

• Nối tiếp nhau: to follow one another, to be in a sequence.

  • Các thế hệ nối tiếp nhau. (Generations follow one another.)

• Không ngừng nghỉ: non-stop, without a break. This emphasizes the continuous nature more than the sequential connection.

  • Làm việc không ngừng nghỉ. (To work non-stop.)