专家expert

• 中国通

  authority on China

• 日本通

  expert on Japan

可以穿过to be open

• 把墙打通

  knock through a wall

• 山洞就要打通了。

  The mountain cave will soon be opened up.

• 管子是通的。

  The pipe is not blocked.

• 管子塞住了，不通水了。

  The pipe is blocked and does not let water through.

• 两个房间是通着的。

  These two rooms are open plan.

使不堵塞to clear

• 通阴沟

  clear an underground channel

• 把烟斗通一下

  clear up the pipe

• 用通条通通炉子，好使它通风

  use a poker to clear the stove so there is a through draught

有路达到to go to

• 通北京的干线

  main line to Beijing

• 这条干线通北京。

  This main line goes to Beijing.

• 这间屋子通厨房。

  This room leads on to the kitchen.

• 这条路不通城里。

  This road does not go to town.

• 这条小路通山后。

  This path leads to the other side of the mountain.

• 此路不通

  dead end

• 路基已冲坏，火车不通了。

  The rails have been broken in the flood, and the train cannot get through.

• 那里不通汽车。

  Cars cannot go there.

相来往；交流to connect; to exchange

• 通电话

  make a phone call

• 私通

  make secret contact

• 互通情报

  exchange intelligence

参见：通知

• 彼此通消息

  exchange information

懂得to understand

• 粗通文墨

  have a basic grasp of literature

• 通人情

  reasonable

• 不通人情

  unreasonable

• 马通人性。

  Horses can understand humans.

• 他通三国文字。

  He is fluent in three languages.

参见：通顺[tōngshùn]

• 这话很通。

  These remarks make sense.

• 这能说得通吗？！

  Is this going to fly?!

• 文章写得不通。

  The essay is not written logically.

普通，一般ordinary

全部all

• 通国皆知。

  The whole country knows.