纷至沓来

紛至沓來
fēnzhì-tàlái
idiom #35,358

Meanings

  1. 1 to arrive in throngs
  2. 2 to come thick and fast
  3. 3 to pour in one after another

Examples

HSK 5
Huòjiǎng de xiāoxi yì chuánkāi, zhùhè fēnzhì-tàlái.
As soon as news of the award spread, congratulations came flooding in.
HSK 5
Jìzhě fēnzhì-tàlái, bǎ tā wéizhù.
Reporters poured in and surrounded him.
HSK 6
Xīn chǎnpǐn shàngshì hòu, dìngdān fēnzhì-tàlái.
After the new product launched, orders came pouring in.

Tips

history
Traced to Zhu Xi's 《答何叔京》 (Song): 事物纷至而沓来 - events crowding in one on top of another. 沓 (tà) means 'stacking/repeating', intensifying the sense of unbroken arrival.
register
Literary and formal. In speech you'd more often say 接二连三 or 一个接一个. 纷至沓来 belongs in newspapers, reports, and writing.

Stroke Order

纷 fēn
至 zhì
沓 dá
来 lái