不通
verb C1- to be obstructed
- to be blocked up
- to be impassable
- to make no sense
- to be illogical
Its characters
Words with it
- 行不通 xíng bu tōng won't work
- 想不通 xiǎng bu tōng unable to understand
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't
- 水泄不通 shuǐ xiè bù tōng
- 狗屁不通 gǒu pì bù tōng
- 此路不通 cǐ lù bù tōng this road is blocked
- 讲不通 jiǎng bù tōng it does not make sense
- 打不通 dǎ bu tōng cannot get through
- 说不通 shuō bù tōng it does not make sense
- 半通不通 bàn tōng bù tōng to not fully understand
From the library
当年也曾读过几句诗书，因八股文章做得不通，所以学也未曾进得一个，教书没人要他，学生意又嫌岁数大，不中用了。
虽然语言不通，但他们还是坐在一起，吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐。
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