堵 – vocab dash

堵dǔ

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Meanings

1. to block up (a road, pipe etc)

2. to stop up (a hole)

3. (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress

4. wall (literary)

5. (classifier for walls)

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Examples4

这zhè间jiān教室jiàoshì与yǔ那nà间jiān隔gé着zhe一yī堵dǔ墙qiáng。

This classroom is separated from that one by a wall.

你nǐ从来不cóngláibù听tīng，就jiù好像hǎoxiàng我wǒ是shì在zài跟gēn一yī堵dǔ墙qiáng说话shuōhuà。

You never listen. Talking to you is like talking to a wall.

建造jiànzào这zhè堵dǔ墙qiáng是shì为了wèile把bǎ人rén隔gé在zài外面wàimiàn还是háishi把bǎ他们tāmen留liú在zài里面lǐmiàn？

Was this wall built to keep people out or to keep them in?

下水道xiàshuǐdào堵dǔ了le。

The drains are blocked up.