水泄不通

shuǐ xiè bù tōng

释义

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

水泄不通 的构成词

• 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)