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Definition
Roadblock or barricade; an obstacle set up on a road to block passage or inspect vehicles.
- barricade; an obstacle set up on a road to block passage
- roadblock; a temporary police checkpoint for stopping and searching vehicles
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How it's used
Refers specifically to physical objects or structures placed on a road to block traffic, often in the context of protests or police operations. While it can describe any obstruction, it carries a strong connotation of intentional, strategic placement rather than just an accidental pile of debris.
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The protesters built a barricade at the intersection.
There is a barricade ahead, we need to take a detour.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
