阻 止 zǔ zhǐ to prevent / to block 阻 碍 zǔ ài to obstruct / to hinder / to block / obstruction / hindrance 屏 蔽 píng bì to screen / to block (sth or sb) / to shield / (protective) shield 方 块 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond &diams / (in card games) 封 杀 fēng shā to shut out / to block / to smother 阻 塞 zǔ sè to block / to clog 遮 住 zhē zhù to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade 街 区 jiē qū block (between streets) 阻 断 zǔ duàn to block / to obstruct / to intercept / to interdict 区 块 qū kuài block / segment / section / sector / area 拦 阻 lán zǔ to block / to obstruct 盖 帽 gài mào block (basketball) 堵 死 dǔ sǐ to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up 充 塞 chōng sè congestion / to block / to congest / to crowd / to choke / to cram / to fill up / to stuff / to take up all the space 木 块 mù kuài block 拦 网 lán wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block 封 禁 fēng jìn to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user) 梗 塞 gěng sè to clog / to block / to obstruct 阻 绝 zǔ jué to block / to obstruct / to clog 底 版 dǐ bǎn (photography) negative / photographic plate / (printing) plate / block 卡 to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette 卡 to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3] 阻 to hinder / to block / to obstruct 障 to block / to hinder / to obstruct 碍 to hinder / to obstruct / to block 梗 branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) 阏 to block / to restrain / to control 楦 to block (a hat) / to stretch (a shoe) 堙 variant of 堙[yin1] / to block 鑕 (executioner's) block 锧 (executioner's) block 街 段 jiē duàn block 力 阻 lì zǔ to block / to prevent by force 块 体 kuài tǐ a block / body of person or animal as a block 字 组 zì zǔ block (of data) / code word 杜 塞 dù sè to stop / to block 雍 阏 yōng è to block / to stop up / to obstruct 一 块 yī kuài one block / one piece / one (unit of money) / together / in the same place / in company 公 寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats / CL:套[tao4] 版 块 bǎn kuài printing block / section (of a newspaper) / board (of BBS or discussion forum) 葫 芦 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 打 通 dǎ tōng to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection) 教 学 楼 jiào xué lóu teaching block / school building 堵 住 dǔ zhù to block up 爱 河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 大 写 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals 遮 蔽 zhē bì to cover / to hide from view / to obstruct or block / defilade (military) 砌 块 qì kuài building block 砧 板 zhēn bǎn chopping board or block 拦 路 lán lù to block sb's path / to waylay 滑 轮 huá lún block and tackle 绊 脚 石 bàn jiǎo shí stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way 充 耳 不 闻 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear 滑 块 huá kuài runner block / sliding block / slider (computer interface element) 挡 路 dǎng lù to be in the way / to block the path 基 本 单 位 jī běn dān wèi basic unit / fundamental building block 拦 路 虎 lán lù hǔ stumbling block 刻 本 kè běn block printed edition 框 图 kuàng tú flowchart / block diagram 电 动 葫 芦 diàn dòng hú lu electric chain pulley block 七 巧 板 qī qiǎo bǎn tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle) 滑 车 huá chē pulley block 包 场 bāo chǎng to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc 雕 版 diāo bǎn a carved printing block 正 楷 zhēng kǎi regular script (sim. to block capitals) 手 拉 葫 芦 shǒu lā hú lu hand chain pulley block 方 框 图 fāng kuàng tú flowchart / block diagram 版 a register / block of printing / edition / version / page 拦 to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi) 堵 to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) 礅 stone block 江 郎 才 尽 Jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block 鑴 to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 闭 门 塞 窦 bì mén sè dòu to close doors and block openings (idiom) / mounting a strict defense 鋑 to engrave or carve, as a block for printing 羊 羹 yáng gēng yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form 块 规 kuài guī a gauge block (block for accurate measurement) 手 板 葫 芦 shǒu bǎn hú lu lever pulley block 拼 板 玩 具 pīn bǎn wán jù jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle 拼 板 游 戏 pīn bǎn yóu xì jigsaw puzzle / wood block puzzle 气 塞 qì sāi airlock / air block / fipple (in the mouthpiece of wind instrument) 豺 狼 塞 路 chái láng sāi lù ravenous wolves block the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land 逆 断 层 nì duàn céng reverse fault (geology) / compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees 门 墩 mén dūn wooden or stone block supporting the axle of a door 阻 援 zǔ yuán to block reinforcements 转 动 式 闭 锁 rotating breech block 标 准 组 成 部 分 standard component / module / building block 累 进 收 费 制 increasing block tariff 递 减 收 费 制 dì jiǎn shōu fèi zhì decreasing block tariff 贸 易 集 团 mào yì jí tuán trading block 贸 易 体 mào yì tǐ trading block 勘 探 区 kān tàn qū exploration block 模 块 图 block diagram 民 族 复 兴 团 National Renaissance Block 撞 针 保 险 firing pin lock / firing pin block 炮 闩 breech block 盖 帽 儿 gài mào r to block a shot (basketball) / (dialect) excellent / fantastic 人 为 刀 俎 ， 我 为 鱼 肉 rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy 楦 子 xuàn zi shoe tree / hat block 盖 火 锅 gài huǒ guō to block a shot (basketball)
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