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变通

biàn tōng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 變通

变通 (biàn tōng) means "pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 变通 means

1. pragmatic
2. flexible
3. to act differently in different situations
4. to accommodate to circumstances

The characters in 变通

• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

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