1 to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
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)
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
仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
仁人义士
rén rén yì shì
1 those with lofty ideals (idiom)
2 men of vision
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
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
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)
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
志士仁人
zhì shì rén rén
1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
政通人和
zhèng tōng rén hé
1 efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
敬贤礼士
jìng xián lǐ shì
1 to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)
时运亨通
shí yùn hēng tōng
1 our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)