Pinyin: zǔ English Definition: to hinder; to block; to obstruct Chinese Definition: ①险要的地方：“马陵道狭，而旁多阻隘，可伏兵”。 ②拦挡：阻挡。阻隔。阻拦。阻力。阻挠。梗阻。劝阻。阻击。阻抑。阻滞。阻难。阻塞。 ③艰难：道阻且长。
Although she had only one arm, she didn' t believe in sparing the rod, or, in her case, the paddle, into which she had bored holes to cut down on the wind resistance.
