Chinese word dictionary

堵死

dǔ sǐ · to block (a road); to plug (a hole); to stop up

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Word information

Simplified堵死

Traditional堵死

Pinyindǔ sǐ

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

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堵dǔ

wall; to stop, to prevent, to block

死sǐ

dead; death; impassable, inflexible

How to learn 堵死

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Words with the same characters

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堵车dǔchē

traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested

死sǐ

to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned

堵dǔ

to 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)

死亡sǐwáng

to die; death

堵塞dǔsè

to clog up; blockage

救死扶伤jiùsǐ-fúshāng

to help the dying and heal the injured