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堵住

dǔ zhù

2-character word

What 堵住 means

1. to block up

The characters in 堵住

• 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…

Example sentences

• 堵住你的鼻子。
  Plug your nose.
• 她被绑起来并堵住了嘴。
  She was tied up and gagged.
• 有棵树倒了下来，把路堵住了。
  Yǒu kē shù dǎo le xiàlai, bǎ lù dǔzhù le.
  A fallen tree obstructed the road.
• 暴风雨过后，那条路被倒下来的树堵住了。
  Bàofēngyǔ guòhòu, nà tiáo lù bèi dǎoxià lái de shù dǔzhù le.
  After the storm, the road was blocked with fallen trees.
• 不，说真的，一点也不；但要循着合理的推论、凭着适度的谨慎 / 跟随他到那里，就像这样：亚历山大死了，/ 亚历山大被埋葬了，亚历山大化为尘土；尘土是 / 泥土；用泥土我们制作黏土；那么为什么那堆黏土（他 / 所化成的）不能用来塞一个啤酒桶呢？/ 威严的凯撒，死后化为黏土，/ 或可堵住一个洞，挡住风的侵入。/ 呵，那曾令世界战栗的泥土 / 如今竟用来修补墙壁，抵御冬日的寒风！
  No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty / enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, / Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is / earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam (whereto he / was converted) might they not stop a beer barrel? / Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, / Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. / O, that that earth which kept the world in awe / Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

Sounds the same

Read dǔ zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赌注stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake