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堵

Mandarin · pinyin dǔ

to block up (a road, pipe etc)
to stop up (a hole)
(fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
wall (literary)
(classifier for walls)

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堵: dǔ · wall; stop, prevent; stop up

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3 · du3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dou2 · ze2

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(obsolete) a unit of measure of the length and height of a wall
(literary) wall
to block up; to stop up
(Teochew) to encounter
stifled; suffocated
(obsolete) An ancient unit of measure, denoting sixteen bells or chimes hanging on a bell pendant stand.
Classifier for walls. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
a surname

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(～河) Zhe or Du River (river in Hubei Province, China)

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