水泄不通

shuǐ xiè bù tōng

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Definitions

1. lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)

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Child Words of 水泄不通

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不通 不通 bù tōng: to be obstructed
• 水 水 shuǐ: water
• 泄 泄 xiè: to leak (of water or gas)
• 通 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)