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添堵

Mandarin · pinyin tiān dǔ

to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.)
to make traffic congestion even worse

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添: tiān · append, add to; increase
堵: dǔ · wall; stop, prevent; stop up

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1–3 · tian1 du3

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verb

to worsen the degree of congestion
(colloquial) to add to one's stress level; to be annoying

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