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不通

不
通
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical

Characters and words in 不通

不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
通
tōng = tu + (e)ng1
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通
tòng = tu + (e)ng4
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

Words with 不通

行不通 一窍不通 此路不通 水泄不通 一竅不通 半通不通 想不通 打不通 水洩不通 狗屁不通 說不通 講不通 讲不通 说不通
行
不
通
won't work / will get (you) nowhere
一
一
窍
竅
不
不
通
通
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
此
路
不
通
this road is blocked / fig. This method does not work. / Doing this is no good.

Sentences with 不通

不通 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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