堵 (dǔ): meaning and stroke order

堵 in our stories

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• 鲧的办法是“堵”：哪里有水，就在哪里筑起高高的土墙。可是水越堵越高，最后冲垮了所有的墙。

  Gǔn de bànfǎ shì dǔ nǎli yǒu shuǐ jiù zài nǎli zhù qǐ gāogāo de tǔqiáng kěshì shuǐ yuè dǔ yuè gāo zuìhòu chōng kuǎ le suǒyǒu de qiáng

  Gun's method was to block: wherever there was water, he built high earth walls. But the more he blocked it, the higher the water rose, until it burst through every wall.

  From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6

• “问题是他家那棵柿子树，一半的树枝都伸到了我家院子里。秋天落叶，把我家的排水沟堵得死死的；熟透的柿子掉下来，砸在玻璃顶上，砰砰响，半夜都能把人吓醒。”

  wèntí shì tā jiā nà kē shìzishù yíbàn de shùzhī dōu shēn dào le wǒ jiā yuànzi lǐ qiūtiān luò yè bǎ wǒ jiā de páishuǐgōu dǔ de sǐsǐ de shútòu de shìzi diào xiàlai zá zài bōli dǐng shàng pēngpēng xiǎng bànyè dōu néng bǎ rén xià xǐng

  "The problem is his persimmon tree: half its branches reach into my garden. In autumn the leaves block my drains solid, and ripe persimmons drop onto the glass roof—bang, bang—loud enough to scare you awake at midnight."

  From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9