水泄不通 shuǐ xiè bù tōng

packed; jammed; no way through

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 39064th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
水 shuǐ HSK 1
water; liquid; beverage
泄 xiè HSK 6
to leak out; to divulge (secrets)
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
通 tōng HSK 4
to connect; to communicate; to go through