疏通
shū tōng
Pinyin
Definition
疏通
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- to unblock
- to dredge
- to clear the way
- to get things flowing
- to facilitate
- to mediate
- to lobby
- to explicate (a text)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to be connected
- 2 traffic
- 3 transportation
- 4 communications
- 5 liaison
- 1 common
- 2 ordinary
- 3 general
- 4 average
- 1 to join
- 2 to connect
- 3 to link up
- 4 to communicate
- 1 China United Telecommunications Corporation
- 2 aka China Unicom or Unicom
- 3 abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
- 1 to go through
- 2 to know well
- 3 (suffix) expert
- 4 to connect
- 5 to communicate
- 6 open
- 7 to clear
- 8 classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
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
仗义疏财
- 1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
Sample Sentences
李叔你神通广大，一定有办法的，你替我去上面疏通疏通，行吗？行吗？
Li Shu, you're skills are unparalleled, you can find a way. Can't you go try work something out with the top brass for me, OK? OK?
你账户都给冻了，我怎么疏通？迟早整个账目都会被查到。
Your account has been frozen already, how can I work something out? Sooner or later they will look up your accounts.