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交通堵塞

Mandarin · pinyin jiāo tōng dǔ sè

road congestion; traffic jam

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交: jiāo · mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
通: tōng · pass through; common; communicate
堵: dǔ · wall; stop, prevent; stop up
塞: sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress

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1–1–3–4 · jiao1 tong1 du3 se4

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