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此路不通

Mandarin · pinyin cǐ lù bù tōng

this road is blocked
fig. This method does not work.
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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