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水泄
shuǐxiè
Description
"水泄"很少单独用，常常和"不通"一起说成"水泄不通"，意思是人或东西非常多，连水都流不出去。
"水泄" is rarely used alone and often appears with "不通" as "水泄不通", meaning there are so many people or things that not even water can flow through.
Meanings
水泄shuǐxiè
water leaking/draining out (used in the idiom 水泄不通)
人太多了，挤得水泄不通。
There are too many people, it's packed like sardines.
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Notes
- Usage
rarely used alone; appears almost only in the fixed idiom 水泄不通.
- Etymology
水 (water) + 泄 (to leak/drain), literally "water cannot even leak out."
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