消息灵通 (消息靈通)
xiāo xi líng tōng
Pinyin
Definition
消息灵通 (消息靈通)
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- to be well-informed
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一窍不通
- 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
- 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
串通一气
- 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
互通有无
- 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
仰人鼻息
- 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living