接着 – vocab dash

接着jiēzhe

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Meanings

1. to catch and hold on

2. to continue

3. to go on to do sth

4. to follow

5. to carry on

6. then

7. after that

8. subsequently

9. to proceed

10. to ensue

11. in turn

12. in one's turn

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Examples6

他们tāmen一个yīge接着jiēzhe一个yīge地de离开líkāi了le。

They left one after another.

年轻人niánqīngrén伸出shēnchū他tā的de手shǒu，接着jiēzhe我wǒ和hé他tā握wò了le手shǒu。

The young man put out his hand and I shook it.

我wǒ本来běnlái预备yùbèi今天jīntiān去qù海滩hǎitān的de，但dàn接着jiēzhe天tiān就jiù开始kāishǐ下雨xiàyǔ了le。

I was planning on going to the beach today, but then it started to rain.

汤姆Tāngmǔ咳嗽késou了le一下yīxià然后ránhòu接着jiēzhe讲jiǎng。

Tom cleared his throat and continued to speak.

她tā一个yīge接着jiēzhe一个yīge不停bùtíng地de吃chī糖果tángguǒ，直到zhídào吃饱chībǎo了le为止wéizhǐ。

She ate candies one after another until she was completely full.

茶点chádiǎn过后guòhòu我们wǒmen接着jiēzhe开会kāihuì。

We will continue the meeting after some light refreshments.