水泄不通 in English shui3 xie4 bu4 tong1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) not one drop can trickle through (idiomatic expression); metaphorically impenetrable (crowd, traffic)

Simplified Characters

水 泄 不 通

Traditional Characters

水 洩 不 通

Pinyin

shui3 xie4 bu4 tong1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

水shui3surname Shui 泄xie4to leak (of water or gas) 不bu4(negative prefix) 通tong1to go through