闭塞

Traditional form:

閉塞

Pinyin (reading):

bìsè

Definitions:

• to stop up
• to close up
• hard to get to
• out of the way
• inaccessible
• unenlightened
• blocking

Characters:

• 闭 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress

Traditional characters:

• 閉 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress