想通
xiǎng tōng
Pinyin

Definition

想通
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xiǎng tōng
  1. to figure out
  2. to realize
  3. to become convinced
  4. to come round (to an idea)
  5. to get over it

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
交通
jiāo tōng
  1. 1 to be connected
  2. 2 traffic
  3. 3 transportation
  4. 4 communications
  5. 5 liaison
卡通
kǎ tōng
  1. 1 cartoon (loanword)
回想
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to recollect
  3. 3 to think back
梦想
mèng xiǎng
  1. 1 (fig.) to dream of
  2. 2 dream

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)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
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
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

Sample Sentences

是啊，这会儿你总算想通了。哎！兄弟，想开一点吧。
shì ā ，zhèhuìr nǐ zǒngsuàn xiǎng tōng le 。āi ！xiōngdì ，xiǎng kāi yīdiǎn ba 。
Yeah. Now you’ve finally come around. Hey, bro, try and get over it.
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算了，我现在也想通了。可能我和他真的不合适。
suàn le ，wǒ xiànzài yě xiǎng tōng le 。kěnéng wǒ hé tā zhēnde bù héshì 。
Forget about it. I'm over it now. Probably he and I aren't right for each other.
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不过我想通了，这种公司，有什么好留的？
bùguò wǒ xiǎng tōng le ，zhèzhǒng gōngsī ，yǒu shénme hǎo liú de ？
But now I've figured it out. This kind of company--- what's the point of staying there?
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嗯，最近老有人这么安慰我。嗨，我想通了，大不了一个人呗。
ng4 ，zuìjìn lǎo yǒurén zhème ānwèi wǒ 。hāi ，wǒ xiǎng tōng le ，dà bu liǎo yī ge rén bei 。
Agh, people have been comforting me that way recently. Hey, I get it-- the worst that could happen is I stay single.
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