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)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
1 to act in collusion (idiom)
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
仁言利博
rén yán lì bó
1 Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
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
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
博学多才
bó xué duō cái
1 erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
博而不精
bó ér bù jīng
1 extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything
2 jack-of-all-trades, master of none
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
博识洽闻
bó shí qià wén
1 knowledgeable
2 erudite (idiom)
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
峨冠博带
é guān bó dài
1 official class
2 intellectual class (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
心有灵犀一点通
xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
1 hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one