(lit.) not one drop can trickle through (idiom); (fig.) (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable
trad. 水洩不通
Also written 水洩不通【shuǐ xiè bù tōng】
Characters in this word
4水
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surname Shui, Shui ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 807 of 2500
泄
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variant of 洩|泄[xie4]
- Pinyin
- xiè
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 44424 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
通
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to go through, to know well, (suffix) expert, to connect, to communicate, open, to clear, classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
- Pinyin
- tōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5675 of 2500