連珠

joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row

surname Lian

to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even / company (military)

bead / pearl / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]

sparkling with wit (idiom)

barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)