拖尾巴

tuōwěiba
  1. to obstruct
  2. to be a drag on sb
  3. to delay finishing off a job

CEDICT

比喻牵制别人使前进:「要不是在后拖尾巴我们早就到达目的地。」扯腿」。

重編國語辭典

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yōng
  1. to obstruct
  2. to stop up
  3. to heap soil around the roots of a plant
挡住 dǎngzhù to obstruct
你擋住了我的路。

You are in my way.

You're in my way.

Source: Tatoeba

滞塞 zhìsāi to obstruct
zhì
  1. to obstruct
  2. to stop up
阻扰 rǎo
  1. to obstruct
  2. to impede
阻碍 ài
  1. to obstruct
  2. to hinder
  3. to block
  4. obstruction
  5. hindrance
火山灰阻礙航運。

Volcanic ash disrupted air travel.

Source: Tatoeba

障蔽 zhàng to obstruct
作梗 zuògěng
  1. to hinder
  2. to obstruct
  3. to create difficulties
妨碍 fángài
  1. to hinder
  2. to obstruct
我妨碍着你吗?

Am I in your way?

Source: Tatoeba

拖后腿 tuōhòutuǐ
  1. to impede
  2. to obstruct
  3. to hold back
dǎng
  1. to resist
  2. to obstruct
  3. to hinder
  4. to keep off
  5. to block (a blow)
  6. to get in the way of
  7. cover
  8. gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
你挡我路?

You get in my way?

Source: Tatoeba

lán
  1. to block sb's path
  2. to obstruct
  3. to flag down (a taxi)
你為什麼只攔下了外國人?

Why did you stop only the foreigners?

Why did you only stop the foreigners?

Source: Tatoeba

拦阻 lán
  1. to block
  2. to obstruct
ài
  1. to hinder
  2. to obstruct
  3. to block
我礙著你了嗎?

Am I in your way?

Source: Tatoeba

阻截 jié
  1. to stop
  2. to obstruct
  3. to bar the way
对方球员在禁区内组成一道防线,试图阻截梅西的射门。

The opposition formed a line in the box to try and block Messi from scoring.

Source: Tatoeba

阻挠 náo
  1. to thwart
  2. to obstruct (sth)
阻拦 lán
  1. to stop
  2. to obstruct
阻断 duàn
  1. to block
  2. to obstruct
  3. to intercept
  4. to interdict
阻绝 jué
  1. to block
  2. to obstruct
  3. to clog
顶挡 dǐngdǎng
  1. to resist
  2. to obstruct
  3. to bear responsibility for
遮住 zhēzhù
  1. to cover (up)
  2. to block
  3. to obstruct
  4. to shade
他用手遮住眼睛。

He covered his eyes with one hand.

Source: Tatoeba

  1. to hinder
  2. to block
  3. to obstruct
阻挡 dǎng
  1. to stop
  2. to resist
  3. to obstruct
没有什么可以阻挡,我对自由的向往。

Nothing can keep me from yearning for freedom.

Source: Tatoeba

zhàng
  1. to block
  2. to hinder
  3. to obstruct
這是個由不分老少、貧富、民主黨、共和黨;黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亞裔、美洲原住民;同性戀、異性戀人;肢障與四體健全者,大家共同訴說的答案。美國民眾向全世界發出訊息,我們絕非一盤散沙,也不是由紅州、藍州拼湊而成的集合體。

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

Source: Tatoeba

  1. to close
  2. to stop up
  3. to shut
  4. to obstruct
他们闭住眼睛。

They shut their eyes.

Source: Tatoeba

  1. square
  2. frame
  3. rule
  4. (legal) case
  5. style
  6. character
  7. standard
  8. pattern
  9. (grammar) case
  10. (classical) to obstruct
  11. to hinder
  12. (classical) to arrive
  13. to come
  14. (classical) to investigate
  15. to study exhaustively
瑪格很激動。

Meg is excited.

Source: Tatoeba