bù tōng
to be obstructed
to be blocked up
to be impassable
to make no sense
to be illogical
xíng bu tōng
won't work
will get (you) nowhere
xiāng bu tōng
unable to understand
unable to get over
shuǐ xiè bù tōng
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
yī qiào bù tōng
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
dǎ bu tōng
cannot get through (on phone)
cǐ lù bù tōng
this road is blocked
fig. This method does not work.
Doing this is no good.
bàn tōng bù tōng
to not fully understand (idiom)
xiǎng bu tōng
unable to understand
unable to get over
gǒu pì bù tōng
incoherent (writing or speech)
nonsensical
a load of crap
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