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TOPIK 4adverb

곧이어

godieo [고지어]

A. 곧이어 B (곧이어 ~이/가 시작되었습니다)

right after, immediately following, shortly after

Example

개회식이 끝나고 곧이어 첫 경기가 시작되었습니다.

The opening ceremony ended, and the first game started right after.

Word parts

곧 'soon' + 이어 'continuing' (from 잇다 'to connect').

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Pronounced [고디어]: no palatalization here, because 이어 is a full word, not a suffix.