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水泄不通

shuǐ xiè bù tōng

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 水泄不通

不
bù

no; not so

不通
bù tōng

to be obstructed

水
shuǐ

water

泄
xiè

to leak (of water or gas)

通
tòng

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)