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八达通
Bā dá tōng
Pinyin
Definition
八达通
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Bā dá tōng
Octopus card (Hong Kong smart card for electronic payments)
Character Decomposition
八
八
达
辶
大
通
辶
龴
用
Related Words
(20)
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
1
everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
2
at sixes and sevens
交通
jiāo tōng
1
to be connected
2
traffic
3
transportation
4
communications
5
liaison
八
bā
1
eight
2
8
十八
shí bā
1
eighteen
2
18
普通
pǔ tōng
1
common
2
ordinary
3
general
4
average
沟通
gōu tōng
1
to join
2
to connect
3
to link up
4
to communicate
联通
Lián tōng
1
China United Telecommunications Corporation
2
aka China Unicom or Unicom
3
abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
通
tōng
1
to go through
2
to know well
3
(suffix) expert
4
to connect
5
to communicate
6
open
7
to clear
8
classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通宵
tōng xiāo
1
all night
2
throughout the night
通知
tōng zhī
1
to notify
2
to inform
3
notice
4
notification
5
CL:個|个[gè]
通过
tōng guò
1
by means of
2
through
3
via
4
to pass through
5
to get through
6
to adopt
7
to pass (a bill or inspection etc)
8
to switch over
开通
kāi tōng
1
to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
1
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
2
I don't understand a word (idiom)
3
it's all Greek to me
七七八八
qī qī bā bā
1
almost
2
nearing completion
3
bits and piece
4
of all kinds
七上八下
qī shàng bā xià
1
at sixes and sevens
2
perturbed state of mind
3
in a mess
三八
sān bā
1
International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fù nu:3 jié], 8th March
2
foolish
3
stupid
互通
hù tōng
1
to intercommunicate
2
to interoperate
五花八门
wǔ huā bā mén
1
myriad
2
all kinds of
3
all sorts of
亨通
hēng tōng
1
to go smoothly
2
prosperous
3
going well
全球通
quán qiú tōng
1
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
Idioms
(20)
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
1
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
2
I don't understand a word (idiom)
3
it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
1
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
1
(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
1
misshapen
2
crooked
3
uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
1
(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
1
to act in collusion (idiom)
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
1
everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
2
at sixes and sevens
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
1
mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
2
to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
3
to reciprocate with material assistance
4
scratch each other's back
八仙过海,各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
1
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
2
fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
1
to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
1
knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā
1
sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
四平八稳
sì píng bā wěn
1
everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
1
roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
1
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
2
fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
1
(of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
1
to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
Sample Sentences