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HSK
to be connected / traffic / transportation / communications / liaison
HSK 2
common / ordinary / general / average
HSK 2
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
to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
HSK 6
to join; to connect; to link up / to communicate
HSK 5
cartoon (loanword)
HSK 7-9
to intercommunicate / to interoperate
to circulate; to distribute / circulation; distribution
HSK 5
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
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
universal; applicable to all (or both) / shared; common
China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
a hint is all that is needed / understanding each other without the need to explain
flexible / accommodating
unobstructed; unimpeded; free-flowing; smooth
HSK 6
to open access / to establish contact / to remove a block / to put through (a phone connection)
HSK 7-9
to collude with / to conspire
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
public transport / mass transit
to get through to sb on the phone
HSK 7-9
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame) / (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通)
to go smoothly / prosperous / going well
to be proficient in / to master (a subject)
HSK 7-9
all / entire / complete
HSK 7-9
ordinary / mediocre / nothing special
to link up / to thread together
HSK 7-9
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 collude / to collaborate / to gang up
to get a good grasp of
to figure out / to realize / to become convinced / to come round (to an idea) / to get over it
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
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
Octopus (Hong Kong smart card system for electronic payments)
T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links
to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
to make sense of sth
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
metro / rapid transit / subway
fast and abundant (news) / clever / effective
HSK 7-9
water and land transport
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom) / fig. (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable
cannot get through (on phone)
interlinked / connected / communicating / in communication / accommodating
HSK 7-9
China United Telecommunications Corporation / aka China Unicom or Unicom / abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
connection / link / to link together
(coll.) a whole lot of ...; an endless stream of ... (used in relation to excessive or tedious amounts of talk, explanations, complaints etc)
Bridgestone (tire company)
to comprehend (new things) by analogy
(Interpol) red notice / abbr. for 紅色通緝令|红色通缉令
to not fully understand (idiom)
Firestone (Tire and Rubber Company)
to circulate / to flow (esp. capital) / to intermingle / to merge / to become assimilated
practicable / realizable / will work
Fujitsu
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
unable to understand / unable to get over
to bribe
to connect / to communicate / to relate / (math.) connected
jack-of-all-trades; know-it-all
passable / possible to reach
mutual exchange of assistance (idiom) / to reciprocate with material assistance
to be well-informed
ventilation; air circulation
everything is going smoothly (idiom)
to get through sth quickly / (gaming) speedrun (abbr. for 快速通關|快速通关)
craton (loanword)
SmarTone-Vodafone (Hong Kong and Macau company)
to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)
STO Express, courier service headquartered in Shanghai, founded in 1993
remarkable ability / magical power
China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
China Unicom
to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery
self-taught / to learn without a teacher (idiom)
Oukubo Toshimichi (1830-1878), Japanese politician
to display one's remarkable skill or prowess / to give full play to one's brilliant abilities
won't work / will get (you) nowhere
mental rapport / likeness of mind / spiritual link
Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart"
(onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop
inflexible / unaccommodating
(of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
Saskatoon city, Saskatchewan, Canada
China Mobile Tietong, state-owned telecommunications operator (abbr. for 中移鐵通|中移铁通)
(Cantonese) iron pipe (weapon)
(Buddhism) recollection of past lives / wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)
knowledgeable person / know all
it does not make sense
Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
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
American Express Co. (Amex)
Benetton, clothes company
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈 in 17th century
it does not make sense
oral communication (psychology)

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