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闭塞

閉塞
bìsè
adjective #32,118

Meanings

  1. 1 hard to reach; out of the way
  2. 2 isolated; unenlightened
  3. 3 blocked; stopped up

Examples

那个山村交通闭塞，消息很慢。
Nà ge shāncūn jiāotōng bìsè, xiāoxi hěn màn.
That mountain village is hard to reach; news travels slowly.
他思想闭塞，不愿接受新事物。
Tā sīxiǎng bìsè, bù yuàn jiēshòu xīn shìwù.
His thinking is closed off; he won't accept new things.
鼻子闭塞让我呼吸困难。
Bízi bìsè ràng wǒ hūxī kùnnán.
My blocked nose makes it hard to breathe.

Tips

memory
闭 (shut) + 塞 (stop up) — doubly blocked. Physical sense (blocked up) and mental sense (cut off, provincial) both flow from this.

Stroke Order

闭 bì
塞 sāi