4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Final rendering: Hong Kong has many roads for which passage is simply not possible. As a result the traffic in Hong Kong is really poor. Discussion: Please see http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-8b-g.html#s20 for further discussion. Acknowledgement: This has turned out to be a very challenging sentence, and I want to thank everyone for their input -- especially chinesetrans (excellent grammatical analysis) and Last Hermit (very thoughtful insight) for their discussion. The absence of grammatical rigor is sometimes very baffling, and one must be very familiar with the situation that is being discussed in order to understand how best to render it in translation. This should be a clear warning to Chinese, who would like that others translate their work. My personal experience suggests that the problem is not one of access (gaining entry onto roads), rather it is one of congestion (passage from one point to another). In short, once you are on the road, it is nearly impossible to arrive at your destination, because there are so many cars on the same road. Certainly access can be a problem when the level of congestion is high and passage seemingly impossible. In effect, I believe the author is suggesting that one take a train, boat, or bus. Best wishes from the land of no mountains surrounded by sea on many sides."