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堵

dǔ

wall; stop, prevent; stop up

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Example sentences

  • 下水道堵了。

    Xià shuǐ dào dǔ le

    The drains are blocked up.

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  • 因为堵车, 我开会迟到了。

    Yīn wèi dǔ chē wǒ kāi huì chí dào le

    Because there was traffic, I was late to the meeting.

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  • 市中心的交通都堵塞了。

    Shì zhōng xīn de jiāo tōng dōu dǔ sè le

    Traffic downtown is all backed up.

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  • 这间教室与那间隔着一堵墙。

    Zhè jiān jiào shì yǔ nà jiàn gé zhe yī dǔ qiáng

    This classroom is separated from that one by a wall.

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Words containing 堵

  • 堵dǔ 3to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
  • 堵车dǔ chē 3–1 traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested
  • 堵塞dǔ sè 3–4 to clog up; blockage