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不通

bù tōng

2-character word

What 不通 means

1. to be obstructed
2. to be blocked up
3. to be impassable
4. to make no sense
5. to be illogical

The characters in 不通

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

Words containing 不通

• 行不通xíng bu tōngwon't work; will get (you) nowhere
• 一窍不通yī qiào bù tōnglit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)…
• 水泄不通shuǐ xiè bù tōng(lit.) not one drop can trickle through (idiom); (fig.) (of crowds, traffic etc)…
• 说不通shuō bù tōngit does not make sense
• 想不通xiǎng bu tōngunable to understand; unable to get over
• 打不通dǎ bu tōngcannot get through (on phone)
• 此路不通cǐ lù bù tōngthis road is blocked; fig. This method does not work.; Doing this is no good.
• 讲不通jiǎng bù tōngit does not make sense
• 半通不通bàn tōng bù tōngto not fully understand (idiom)