他先笑，继而哭了。
He laughed first, then cried.
继而
then; afterwards
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继
而
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继
- 继续jìxùto continueB4
- 继承jìchéngto inheritB6
- 继jìto continueB7
- 继父jìfùstepfatherB7
- 继母jìmǔstepmotherB7
- 前赴后继qiánfù-hòujìto advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (B7
- 相继xiāngjìin successionB7
而
- 而且érqiě(not only ...) but alsoB3
- 而érandB4
- 然而rán’érhoweverB4
- 从而cóng’érthusB5
- 反而fǎn’éron the contraryB5
- 因而yīn’érthereforeB5
- 进而jìn’érand thenB6
- 半途而废bàntú’érfèito give up halfway (idiom)B7
See it in sentences
风停了，继而下起雨。
The wind stopped, then it rained.