灵通 (靈通)
líng tōng
Pinyin

Definition

灵通 (靈通)
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líng tōng
  1. fast and abundant (news)
  2. clever
  3. effective

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
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

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

嘿，消息还真灵通。我们台确实要开一个“天下饕客”的节目呢。
hēi ，xiāoxi hái zhēn língtōng 。wǒmen tái quèshí yào kāi yī gè “tiānxià tāokè ”de jiémù ne 。
Hey, news spreads so fast. Our channel is, in fact, launching a program called "World Gourmand".
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你消息挺灵通的。
nǐ xiāoxi tǐng língtōng de 。
You seem to be very much in the loop.
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哪里，哪里！陆总真是消息灵通！
nǎli ，nǎli ！Lù zǒng zhēn shì xiāoxi língtōng ！
You're too kind! Mr. Lu, you really are well-informed!
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是啊，你消息可真灵通。现在失业率高，一不小心就会丢了饭碗，手里如果有点积蓄，还是自己创业做老板好。加盟连锁店的风险小，成功率高，我就放手试试啦。
shì ā ，nǐ xiāoxi kě zhēn língtōng 。xiànzài shīyèlǜ gāo ，yībùxiǎoxīn jiù huì diū le fànwǎn ，shǒu lǐ rúguǒ yǒudiǎn jīxù ，háishì zìjǐ chuàngyè zuò lǎobǎn hǎo 。jiāméng liánsuǒdiàn de fēngxiǎn xiǎo ，chénggōnglǜ gāo ，wǒ jiù fàngshǒu shìshi la 。
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是的。我上个月才到这家新公司工作。你消息挺灵通的嘛。
shìde 。wǒ shàng ge yuè cái dào zhè jiā xīn gōngsī gōngzuò 。nǐ xiāoxi tǐng língtōng de ma 。
Yes. I only started at this new company last month. You've really got your finger on the pulse.
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