重重 chóngchóng layer upon layer
layer upon layer; one after another
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How it is used
- 'Layer upon layer, one after another; countless' - 困难重重 (kùnnan chóngchóng) obstacles at every turn; 重重包围 (chóngchóng bāowéi) surrounded ring upon ring.
- Read chóngchóng; a vivid adverb/adjective stressing many piled-up layers of difficulty or barriers.
- Note a separate reading zhòngzhòng means 'heavily' (as in 心事重重 weighed down by worries).