死胡同

sǐhútòng
  1. dead end
  2. blind alley

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Homographs

死衚衕 sǐhútòng

Entry Composition

1 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned
=2 胡同 hútòng lane; alley

classifier: 條
=2 胡同 hútòng variant of 胡同 hútòng

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死路 sǐlù
  1. dead end
  2. (fig.) the road to disaster
死路一條 sǐlùyītiáo
  1. (idiom) dead end
  2. road to ruin
死角 sǐjiǎo
  1. gap in coverage
  2. gap in protection or defenses
  3. neglected or overlooked area
  4. dead end