水泄不通

Traditional: 水洩不通

shuǐ xiè bù tōng

Dictionary entry

(lit.) not one drop can trickle through (idiom)

What does 水泄不通 mean?

水泄不通 (shuǐ xiè bù tōng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) not one drop can trickle through (idiom)

2(fig.) (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable

Character breakdown

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水Shuǐsurname Shui · Shui ethnic group 泄xièvariant of 洩|泄[xie4]不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-通tōngto go through · to know well

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水泄不通

shuǐ xiè bù tōng

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