充塞

Mandarin · pinyin chōng sè

Meanings

  1. congestion
  2. to block
  3. to congest
  4. to crowd
  5. to choke
  6. to cram
  7. to fill up
  8. to stuff
  9. to take up all the space
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充
chōng · fill, be full, supply
塞
sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
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1–4 · chong1 se4

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verb

  1. to fill and block; to congest; to crowd

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充塞 · chong1 se4
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Exact source record充塞 充塞 [chong1 se4] /congestion/to block/to congest/to crowd/to choke/to cram/to fill up/to stuff/to take up all the space/