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堵
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Definitions
- 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)
Example Sentences
1 shown這 堵 牆長三十碼。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 堵
to intercept and attack (military)
(coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act
traffic backup
to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)
to blockade
Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[jī lóng shì], Taiwan
lit. a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
to block (a road)
(literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[liù cháo]) this
to block up
If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
road congestion
traffic jam
(literary) (euphemism) money (literally, \this thing\)
traffic congestion fee
(of traffic) to become congested
to clog up
to stuff
A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[jī lóng shì], Taiwan
to prevent
A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.