塞

Medicine

cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke

fortifying; fortification

being trapped (and having no way out)

withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship

Historical term

house arrest (Edo period)

Idiomatic expression

to be busy; to be tied up doing something

fortified city; bastide

traveler's guardian deity (traveller)

fort; defensive position

mountain stronghold

den of mountain bandits

山寨 only; Internet slang; Noun or verb acting prenominally; Chinese neologism

knock-off (goods, esp. Chinese-made electronics); counterfeit; shanzhai

Medicine

intestinal obstruction; ileus

to feel depressed

Buddhism

upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)

stoppage; blocking

Medicine

infarction; infarct

Proverb

inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable

Medicine

acute myocardial infarction; AMI

to feel blue; to feel depressed

Medicine

pulmonary embolism

sea fort; island fort

damming (e.g. a pond)

Noun or verb acting prenominally

surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping

obstruction

barrage balloon

Computing

blocked state; closed state

Medicine

pulmonary embolism; pulmonary thromboembolism

frontier fort

remote area; frontier