水泄不通 shuǐ xiè bù tōng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

水 shuǐ
HSK 1
water, liquid, lotion, juice
泄 xiè
HSK 6
leak; vent; flow; reveal
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
通 tōng
HSK 4
pass through, common, communicate