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sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: sai1
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nounstop up; obstruct; plug
nounstopper; plug; cork; seal
nounfill/squeeze in; cram/jam into
nounblock up (sth abstract)
noun(adjective) 1. stuck 2. get stuck
cungˉ¹充sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: chong1 se4
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nounplug up; fill up; congest
maauˎ₄茅sakˉ¹塞deonˍ₆頓hoiˉ¹開
简 茅塞顿开
Pinyin: mao2 se4 dun4 kai1
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nounsuddenly understand sth.; suddenly see the light
zoˊ²阻sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: zu4 se4
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nounto block
sakˉ¹塞ceˉ¹車
简 塞车
Pinyin: sai1 che1
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nountraffic jam
noun堵車
noun交通堵塞
maanˍ₆慢sing˗₃性zoˊ²阻sakˉ¹塞sing˗₃性fai˗₃肺bengˍ₆病
Pinyin: man4 xing4 zu3 se4 xing4 fei4 bing4
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nounChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
beiˍ₆鼻sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: bi2 se4
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nounhave a stuffy nose
coi˗₃塞jungˉ¹翁satˉ¹失maaˏ₅馬,jinˉ¹焉ziˉ¹知feiˉ¹非fukˉ¹福
简 塞翁失马,焉知非福
Pinyin: sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2
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noun塞翁失馬
nounmisfortune may be a blessing in disguise; every cloud has a silver lining; a loss sometimes spells a gain
nounold frontiersman lost his horse, how would one know it was not a blessing.
gaauˉ¹交tungˉ¹通douˊ²堵sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: jiao1 tong1 du3 se4
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nountraffic jam; congestion
coi˗₃塞jungˉ¹翁satˉ¹失maaˏ₅馬
简 塞翁失马
Pinyin: sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3
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noun禍為福所倚
nouna blessing in disguise; every cloud has a silver lining; a loss sometimes spells a gain
gaauˉ¹交tungˉ¹通zaiˉ¹擠sakˉ¹塞
简 交通挤塞
Pinyin: jiao1 tong1 ji3 sai1
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nouncongested with traffic
nountraffic jam
ceotˉ¹出coi˗₃塞
Pinyin: chu1 sai4
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nounon the frontier; leaving for the frontier
mouˎ₄毛hungˊ²孔bai˗₃閉sakˉ¹塞
简 毛孔闭塞
Pinyin: mao2 kong3 bi4 se4
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nounclogged pores
boˉ¹波siˉ¹斯neiˎ₄尼aa3-亞-hakˉ¹黑coi˗₃塞goˉ¹哥waiˎ₄維naaˏ₅那
简 波斯尼亚-黑塞哥维那
Pinyin: Bo1si1ni2ya4- Hei1sai4ge1wei2na4
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nounBosnia and Herzegovina [written and colloquial]
hauˎ₄喉sakˉ¹塞jamˉ¹音
Pinyin: hou2 se4 yin1
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nounglottal stop
mangˎ₄盟sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: meng2 sai1
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nounstubborn; close-minded; not receptive to new ideas
noun(adjective) dogged; stubborn; obstinate
zaiˉ¹擠sakˉ¹塞
简 挤塞
Pinyin: ji3 sai1
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nouncongested, jammed
wutˍ₆活sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: huo2 sai1
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nounpiston (of an engine)
sakˉ¹塞ziˊ²子
Pinyin: sai1 zi5
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nounplug
coi˗₃塞ngoiˍ₆外
Pinyin: sai4 wai4
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nounbeyond (or north of) the Great Wall
sakˉ¹塞dauˍ₆豆lungˉ¹窿
Pinyin: sai1 dou4 long2
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nouna smart little kid (often somewhat naughty or troublesome)
noun塞豆隆, 塞竇窿, 塞豆翁
nounthe slang for a young kid or child
jiˏ₅耳sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: er3 sai1
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nounear plugs, earplugs
cyuˏ₅柱sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: zhu4 sai1
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nounplunger
gangˊ²哽sakˉ¹塞
Pinyin: geng3 se4
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nounchoke up; bring a catch (to the throat)
fuˉ¹敷hinˊ²衍sakˉ¹塞zaak˗₃責
简 敷衍塞责
Pinyin: fu1 yan3 se4 ze2
Translations
noundoes a perfunctory job; to muddle through something