堵塞
dǔ sè
Pinyin

Definition

堵塞
 - 
dǔ sè
  1. to clog up
  2. blockage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

堵
dǔ
  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)
堵车
dǔ chē
  1. 1 traffic jam
  2. 2 (of traffic) to get congested
塞
Sāi
  1. 1 Serbia
  2. 2 Serbian
  3. 3 abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sāi ěr wéi yà]
塞车
sāi chē
  1. 1 traffic jam
哇塞
wā sāi
  1. 1 (slang) wow!
  2. 2 also pr. [wā sēi]
围堵
wéi dǔ
  1. 1 to blockade
  2. 2 to surround
  3. 3 to hem in
堵住
dǔ zhù
  1. 1 to block up
堵塞
dǔ sè
  1. 1 to clog up
  2. 2 blockage
堵死
dǔ sǐ
  1. 1 to block (a road)
  2. 2 to plug (a hole)
  3. 3 to stop up
塞满
sāi mǎn
  1. 1 to stuff full
  2. 2 to cram in
  3. 3 packed tight
  4. 4 chock full
巴塞罗那
Bā sài luó nà
  1. 1 Barcelona
拥堵
yōng dǔ
  1. 1 (of traffic) to become congested
  2. 2 congestion
活塞
huó sāi
  1. 1 piston
  2. 2 valve
添堵
tiān dǔ
  1. 1 to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)
  2. 2 to make traffic congestion even worse
耳塞
ěr sāi
  1. 1 earplug
  2. 2 earphone
阻塞
zǔ sè
  1. 1 to block
  2. 2 to clog
鼻塞
bí sè
  1. 1 a blocked nose
充塞
chōng sè
  1. 1 congestion
  2. 2 to block
  3. 3 to congest
  4. 4 to crowd
  5. 5 to choke
  6. 6 to cram
  7. 7 to fill up
  8. 8 to stuff
  9. 9 to take up all the space
加塞儿
jiā sāi r5
  1. 1 to push into a line out of turn
  2. 2 to cut in line
  3. 3 to queue-jump
地塞米松
dì sāi mǐ sōng
  1. 1 dexamethasone

Idioms (10)

塞翁失马
sài wēng shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
小洞不堵，大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不堵，大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
小洞不堵，大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
  1. 1 If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi
  1. 1 murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
豺狼塞路
chái láng sāi lù
  1. 1 ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power
  2. 2 a vicious tyranny rules the land
闭塞眼睛捉麻雀
bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què
  1. 1 lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act blindly
闭门塞窦
bì mén sè dòu
  1. 1 to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense

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