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to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison
HSK 2
to intercommunicate / to interoperate
to display one's remarkable skill or prowess / to give full play to one's brilliant abilities
universal; applicable to all (or both) / shared; common
a hint is all that is needed / understanding each other without the need to explain
common / ordinary / general / average
HSK 2
everything
cartoon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
to collude with / to conspire
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
HSK 6
public transport / mass transit
the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
HSK 7-9
to connect / to put through
HSK 7-9
unobstructed; unimpeded; free-flowing; smooth
HSK 6
flexible / accommodating
everything is going smoothly (idiom)
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
China Unicom
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame) / (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通)
to go smoothly / prosperous / going well
ordinary / mediocre / nothing special
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
to collude / to collaborate / to gang up
to get a good grasp of
to bribe
to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links
to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
to make sense of sth
China United Telecommunications Corporation / aka China Unicom or Unicom / abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
connection / link / to link together
to get through to sb on the phone
HSK 7-9
self-taught / to learn without a teacher (idiom)
it does not make sense
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
open-minded
cannot get through (on phone)
to comprehend (new things) by analogy
(coll.) a whole lot of ...; an endless stream of ... (used in relation to excessive or tedious amounts of talk, explanations, complaints etc)
Octopus (Hong Kong smart card system for electronic payments)
Bridgestone (tire company)
to get sb to understand / to persuade
to not fully understand (idiom)
fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective
HSK 7-9
Firestone (Tire and Rubber Company)
to circulate / to flow (esp. capital) / to intermingle / to merge / to become assimilated
practicable / realizable / will work
kindred spirits
oral communication (psychology)
Fujitsu
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom) / fig. (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
unable to understand / unable to get over
(onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop
to be proficient in / to master (a subject)
HSK 7-9
all / entire / complete
HSK 7-9
passable / possible to reach
our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
to circulate; to distribute / circulation; distribution
HSK 5
to join; to connect; to link up / to communicate
HSK 5
to unblock / to dredge / to clear the way / to get things flowing / to facilitate / to mediate / to lobby / to explicate (a text)
HSK 7-9
to get through sth quickly / (gaming) speedrun (abbr. for 快速通關|快速通关)
inflexible / unaccommodating
American Express Co. (Amex)
craton (loanword)
(of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
STO Express, courier service headquartered in Shanghai, founded in 1993
remarkable ability / magical power
Benetton, clothes company
to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery
to link up / to thread together
HSK 7-9
to be well-informed
SmarTone-Vodafone (Hong Kong and Macau company)
jack-of-all-trades; know-it-all
Oukubo Toshimichi (1830-1878), Japanese politician
ventilation; air circulation
won't work / will get (you) nowhere
it does not make sense
mutual exchange of assistance (idiom) / to reciprocate with material assistance
interlinked / connected / communicating / in communication / accommodating
HSK 7-9
China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
water and land transport
Deng Tong (2nd c. BC), one of the wealthiest Former Han Dynasty 前漢|前汉 officials
(Buddhism) recollection of past lives / wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)
knowledgeable person / know all
(idiom) to integrate knowledge from various sources into a deep and coherent understanding of a subject
metro / rapid transit / subway
Saskatoon city, Saskatchewan, Canada

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