Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「水洩不通」 below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「水洩不通」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Hui: excretion. It seems like even the water can’t flow out. Describes a situation that is very crowded or surrounded. Same as “packed to the point of being impossible to get through”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shuǐ xiè bù tōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seui2 sit3 bat1 tung1
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.
