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阻滯

简阻滞 · 繁阻滯

Mandarin · pinyin zǔ zhì

to clog up
silted up

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阻: zǔ · impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose
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滞: zhì · block up, obstruct; stagnant

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3–4 · zu3 zhi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zo2 zai6

Cantonese word readings for 阻滯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to block; to obstruct; to clog up

noun

(Cantonese) obstruction; hindrance

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