四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
Pinyin

Definition

四通八达
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sì tōng bā dá
  1. roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

交通
jiāo tōng
  1. 1 to be connected
  2. 2 traffic
  3. 3 transportation
  4. 4 communications
  5. 5 liaison
八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
四
sì
  1. 1 four
  2. 2 4
普通
pǔ tōng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 general
  4. 4 average
沟通
gōu tōng
  1. 1 to join
  2. 2 to connect
  3. 3 to link up
  4. 4 to communicate
联通
Lián tōng
  1. 1 China United Telecommunications Corporation
  2. 2 aka China Unicom or Unicom
  3. 3 abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
通
tōng
  1. 1 to go through
  2. 2 to know well
  3. 3 (suffix) expert
  4. 4 to connect
  5. 5 to communicate
  6. 6 open
  7. 7 to clear
  8. 8 classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通宵
tōng xiāo
  1. 1 all night
  2. 2 throughout the night
通过
tōng guò
  1. 1 by means of
  2. 2 through
  3. 3 via
  4. 4 to pass through
  5. 5 to get through
  6. 6 to adopt
  7. 7 to pass (a bill or inspection etc)
  8. 8 to switch over
七七八八
qī qī bā bā
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearing completion
  3. 3 bits and piece
  4. 4 of all kinds
七上八下
qī shàng bā xià
  1. 1 at sixes and sevens
  2. 2 perturbed state of mind
  3. 3 in a mess
三八
sān bā
  1. 1 International Women's Day 婦女節|妇女节[Fù nu:3 jié], 8th March
  2. 2 foolish
  3. 3 stupid
丢三落四
diū sān là sì
  1. 1 forgetful
  2. 2 empty-headed
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
五花八门
wǔ huā bā mén
  1. 1 myriad
  2. 2 all kinds of
  3. 3 all sorts of
亨通
hēng tōng
  1. 1 to go smoothly
  2. 2 prosperous
  3. 3 going well
全球通
quán qiú tōng
  1. 1 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
八十
bā shí
  1. 1 eighty
  2. 2 80
八卦
bā guà
  1. 1 the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yì jīng]
  2. 2 gossip
  3. 3 gossipy
八卦掌
bā guà zhǎng
  1. 1 baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

Idioms (20)

一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
  3. 3 to reciprocate with material assistance
  4. 4 scratch each other's back
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 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. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
  1. 1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
危机四伏
wēi jī sì fú
  1. 1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)
四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā
  1. 1 sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
四两拨千斤
sì liǎng bō qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to achieve much with little effort

Sample Sentences

地铁更晕，像蜘蛛网一样。不过东京交通的四通八达全靠它。有人说地铁是东京的缩影，只要看一下列车和乘客，就能领略到东京的生活。
dìtiě gèng yūn ，xiàng zhīzhūwǎng yīyàng 。bùguò Dōngjīng jiāotōng de sìtōngbādá quán kào tā 。yǒurén shuō dìtiě shì Dōngjīng de suōyǐng ，zhǐyào kàn yīxià lièchē hé chéngkè ，jiù néng lǐnglüè dào Dōngjīng de shēnghuó 。
The subway is even crazier. It's like a spider's web. But the universality of Tokyo's public transport system relies completely on it. Some people say that the subway is Tokyo in microcosm. You just need to see one car and its passengers and you can get a feel for life in Tokyo.
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以前南京是中国南部的一个比较重要的交通的一个城市。那你可以说，南京的交通四通八达。还有可能它可以坐船，因为长江，还有运河什么的。
yǐqián Nánjīng shì Zhōngguó nánbù de yī gè bǐjiào zhòngyào de jiāotōng de yī gè chéngshì 。nà nǐ kěyǐ shuō ，Nánjīng de jiāotōng sìtōngbādá 。háiyǒu kěnéng tā kěyǐ zuò chuán ，yīnwèi Chángjiāng ，háiyǒu yùnhé shénme de 。
In the past, Nanjing was a very important city for transportation. So you can say, Nanjing's transportation is very convenient. It's also possible to take a boat there because of the Yangtze River. It also has canals and things like that.
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上海的交通有了地铁以后，变得四通八达。
Shànghǎi de jiāotōng yǒu le dìtiě yǐhòu ，biàn de sìtōngbādá 。
After Shanghai's transportation system got the subway, it's become very convenient.
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四通八达
sìtōngbādá
very convenient (as of transportation)
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嗯，其实我一直觉得公共交通系统很不错。轨道和地面交通四通八达。公共汽车还有专门的车道，开得比汽车还快。而且收费也非常低。
ng ，qíshí wǒ yīzhí juéde gōnggòngjiāotōng xìtǒng hěn bùcuò 。guǐdào hé dìmiàn jiāotōng sìtōngbādá 。gōnggòngqìchē hái yǒu zhuānmén de chēdào ，kāi de bǐ qìchē hái kuài 。érqiě shōufèi yě fēicháng dī 。
Uh-huh. Actually, I’ve always felt that the public transportation system is pretty good. The light-rail and surface transportation goes everywhere. The buses also have special lanes, so they go faster than the cars can. In addition, the fares are very low.
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