添堵
tiān dǔ
Pinyin

Definition

添堵
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tiān dǔ
  1. to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)
  2. to make traffic congestion even worse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 to block up (a road, pipe etc)
  2. 2 to stop up (a hole)
  3. 3 (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
  4. 4 wall (literary)
  5. 5 (classifier for walls)
dǔ chē
  1. 1 traffic jam
  2. 2 (of traffic) to get congested
tiān
  1. 1 to add
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to replenish
dǔ zhù
  1. 1 to block up
dǔ sè
  1. 1 to clog up
  2. 2 blockage

Idioms (7)

如虎添翼
rú hǔ tiān yì
  1. 1 lit. like a tiger that has grown wings
  2. 2 with redoubled power (idiom)
小洞不堵,大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 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
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
小洞不堵,大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
  1. 1 If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
添砖加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
  1. 1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's bit to help