阿堵
ē dǔ
Pinyin

Definition

阿堵
 - 
ē dǔ
  1. (literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[Liù Cháo]) this
  2. (abbr. for 阿堵物[ē dǔ wù]) money

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

堵
dǔ
  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)
堵车
dǔ chē
  1. 1 traffic jam
  2. 2 (of traffic) to get congested
阿
Ā
  1. 1 abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[Ā fù hàn]
阿姨
ā yí
  1. 1 maternal aunt
  2. 2 step-mother
  3. 3 childcare worker
  4. 4 nursemaid
  5. 5 woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
围堵
wéi dǔ
  1. 1 to blockade
  2. 2 to surround
  3. 3 to hem in
堵住
dǔ zhù
  1. 1 to block up
堵塞
dǔ sè
  1. 1 to clog up
  2. 2 blockage
堵死
dǔ sǐ
  1. 1 to block (a road)
  2. 2 to plug (a hole)
  3. 3 to stop up
拥堵
yōng dǔ
  1. 1 (of traffic) to become congested
  2. 2 congestion
添堵
tiān dǔ
  1. 1 to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)
  2. 2 to make traffic congestion even worse
迈阿密
Mài ā mì
  1. 1 Miami (Florida)
阿三
ā sān
  1. 1 (derog.) an Indian
阿伦
Ā lún
  1. 1 Aalen, town in Germany
阿克苏
Ā kè sū
  1. 1 Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
  2. 2 Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city
阿公
ā gōng
  1. 1 (old) grandfather
  2. 2 polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law
  3. 3 (Taiwanese) grandfather
阿凡达
Ā fán dá
  1. 1 Avatar (movie)
阿司匹林
ā sī pǐ lín
  1. 1 aspirin (loanword)
阿哥
ā gē
  1. 1 (familiar) elder brother
阿妹
ā mèi
  1. 1 younger sister
阿姆斯特丹
Ā mǔ sī tè dān
  1. 1 Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands

Idioms (5)

吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
  1. 1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
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.
阿谀奉承
ē yú fèng chéng
  1. 1 flattering and fawning (idiom)
  2. 2 sweet-talking

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