水泄不通

shuǐxièbùtōng

not even a drop of water could trickle through; be watertight

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watertight

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watertight

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shui3 xie4 bu4 tong1

lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)

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水泄不通

shuǐ xiè bù tōng

... even a drop of water couldn't leak out (trickle through); (to besiege ...) so closely that not a drop of water could have trickled through; be watertight; tightly packed; jam:

挤得水泄不通 crowded so tightly that you can't move; be packed with people;

包围得水泄不通 so closely surrounded that it is impossible to break out

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水洩不通|水泄不通 [shuǐ xiè bù tōng] ► lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)