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HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  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)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 868414)

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Words Containing 堵

堵击
dǔ jī

to intercept and attack (military)

堵床上
dǔ chuáng shàng

(coll.) to catch an adulterous couple in the act

回堵
huí dǔ

traffic backup

添堵
tiān dǔ

to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)

围堵
wéi dǔ

to blockade

七堵
qī dǔ

Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[jī lóng shì], Taiwan

小洞不堵,大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ

lit. a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)

堵死
dǔ sǐ

to block (a road)

阿堵
ē dǔ

(literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[liù cháo]) this

堵住
dǔ zhù

to block up

小洞不堵,大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ

If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.

交通堵塞
jiāo tōng dǔ sè

road congestion

堵车
dǔ chē

traffic jam

阿堵物
ē dǔ wù

(literary) (euphemism) money (literally, \this thing\)

堵塞费
dǔ sè fèi

traffic congestion fee

拥堵
yōng dǔ

(of traffic) to become congested

堵塞
dǔ sè

to clog up

填堵
tián dǔ

to stuff

小洞不堵沉大船
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán

A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.

七堵区
qī dǔ qū

Qidu or Chitu District of Keelung City 基隆市[jī lóng shì], Taiwan

防堵
fáng dǔ

to prevent

小洞不堵,大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ

A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.