堵车

dǔchē

traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 堵車

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堵
车

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堵
  • 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc)B5
  • 堵塞dǔsèto clog upB7
车

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早上路上容易堵车。

Traffic jams are common on morning roads.

因为堵车，我迟到了。

I was late because of the traffic jam.