bursting at the seams
The Chinese idiom, which is used to describe the crowded or closely surrounded, is the same as "the water is blocked". It comes from the Dunhuang Bianwen anthology Wu Zixu Bianwen.
Idioms and allusions
[source]: "Dunhuang bianwenji · Wuzixu Bianwen": "when the imperial edict is down, the water is blocked, Sichuan and county know each other, and the road is listed."
Discrimination of words
Water tight
Usage: used as predicate and adverbial to describe road blocking
bursting at the seams
be ready to realize one 's aspiration anywhere all over the country - zhì zài sì fāng
bring glory to one 's parents and become celebrated - xiǎn zǔ yáng míng
balefire rises from all directions - fēng huǒ sì qǐ
one 's word carries the weight of nine tripods - yán zhòng jiǔ dǐng