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此路不通

Mandarin · pinyin cǐ lù bù tōng

Meanings

  1. this road is blocked
  2. fig. This method does not work.
  3. Doing this is no good.
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此
cǐ · this, these; in this case, then
路
lù · road, path, street; journey
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
通
tōng · pass through; common; communicate
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3–4–4–1 · ci3 lu4 bu4 tong1

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此路不通 · ci3 lu4 bu4 tong1
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Exact source record此路不通 此路不通 [ci3 lu4 bu4 tong1] /this road is blocked/fig. This method does not work./Doing this is no good./