堵塞
dǔ sè
Pinyin
Definition
堵塞
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- to clog up
- blockage
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to block up (a road, pipe etc)
- 2 to stop up (a hole)
- 3 (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
- 4 wall (literary)
- 5 (classifier for walls)
- 1 traffic jam
- 2 (of traffic) to get congested
- 1 Serbia
- 2 Serbian
- 3 abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sāi ěr wéi yà]
- 1 traffic jam
- 1 (slang) wow!
- 2 also pr. [wā sēi]
Idioms (10)
塞翁失马
- 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
- 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
塞翁失马安知非福
- 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
- 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
- 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
- 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
- 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
小洞不堵,大洞受苦
- 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不堵,大洞吃苦
- 1 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
- 2 a stitch in time saves nine