even a drop of water couldn 't leak out(shuǐ xiè bù tòu)
even a drop of water couldn 't leak out
To describe being crowded or surrounded very closely. It's the same as "no flow".
Idiom explanation
Idiom explanation: the same as "water tight".
Idioms and allusions
[source] Lu Xun's "just a collection of miscellaneous feelings of buttonhole silk": "I think there are always a few people around him, surrounded by impenetrable."
Discrimination of words
English translation not even a drop of water around had a rickle through. degree of common use: General emotional color: commendatory words grammatical usage: as predicate and adverbial; to describe road blocking idiom structure: supplementary generation time: Modern
Chinese PinYin : shuǐ xiè bù tòu
even a drop of water couldn 't leak out
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take away by force or trickery
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you cannot sell the cow and drink the milk
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reject representations and gloss over errors
reject representations and gloss over errors. jù jiàn shì fēi
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run the country well and give the people peace and security
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marriage according to all the traditional rules
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