闭塞

bìsè

闭塞 — bìsè

1. to stop up; to close up; to block

   那条山路被塌方闭塞了。 nàtiáo shānlù bèi tāfāng bìsè le — That mountain road was blocked by a landslide.

2. remote; hard to get to; out-of-the-way; unenlightened (figurative: backward, closed-minded)

   这个偏远山区交通闭塞，信息也不通畅。 zhège piānyuǎn shānqū jiāotōng bìsè xìnxī yě bùtōng chàng — This remote mountain area has poor transport and limited information flow.