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行不通

xíng bu tōng

3-character word

What 行不通 means

1. won't work
2. will get (you) nowhere

The characters in 行不通

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

Example sentences

• 计划行不通。
  The plan isn't workable.
• 问题是行不通！
  The problem is that it wouldn’t work!
• 我怕它是行不通的。
  Wǒ pà tā shì xíngbutōng de.
  I'm afraid it won't work.