活塞 | huó sāi | piston; valve | |
塞车 | sāi chē | traffic jam | |
塞子 | sāi zi | cork; plug | |
软木塞 | ruǎn mù sāi | cork | |
瓶塞 | píng sāi | bottle cork; bottle stopper |
塞外 | sài wài | beyond the Great Wall | |
要塞 | yào sài | stronghold; fort; fortification | |
边塞 | biān sài | frontier fortress | |
塞翁失马 | sài wēng shī mǎ | lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good | |
关塞 | guān sài | border fort, esp. defending narrow valley |
堵塞 | dǔ sè | to clog up; blockage | |
闭塞 | bì sè | to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking | |
阻塞 | zǔ sè | to block; to clog | |
搪塞 | táng sè | to muddle through; to fob sb off; to beat around the bush; to dodge | |
语塞 | yǔ sè | to be at a loss for words; speechless |