此路不通 cǐ lù bù tōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. this road is blocked
  2. fig. This method does not work.
  3. Doing this is no good.

CHARACTERS

此 cǐ
HSK 4
this, these; in this case, then
路 lù
HSK 2
road, path, street; journey
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
通 tōng
HSK 4
pass through, common, communicate