添堵 tiān dǔ

to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)
  2. 2. to make traffic congestion even worse

Characters

Character Meaning
添 tiān HSK 6
to add; to increase; to replenish
堵 dǔ HSK 4
to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)