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不bù 通tōng

to be obstructed
to be blocked up
to be impassable
to make no sense
to be illogical

🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

说shuō 不bù 通tōng

Trad. 說不通

it does not make sense

🖌️ 说 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

行xíng 不bu 通tōng

won't work
will get (you) nowhere

🖌️ 行 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

讲jiǎng 不bù 通tōng

Trad. 講不通

it does not make sense

🖌️ 讲 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

想xiǎng 不bu 通tōng

unable to understand
unable to get over

🖌️ 想 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

打dǎ 不bu 通tōng

cannot get through (on phone)

🖌️ 打 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

一yī 窍qiào 不bù 通tōng

Trad. 一竅不通

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

🖌️ 一 Strokes 🖌️ 窍 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

水shuǐ 泄xiè 不bù 通tōng

Trad. 水洩不通

lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom)
fig. (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable

🖌️ 水 Strokes 🖌️ 泄 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

半bàn 通tōng 不bù 通tōng

to not fully understand (idiom)

🖌️ 半 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

狗gǒu 屁pì 不bù 通tōng

(idiom) (of writing, speech etc) incoherent; nonsensical

🖌️ 狗 Strokes 🖌️ 屁 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes

此cǐ 路lù 不bù 通tōng

this road is blocked
fig. This method does not work.
Doing this is no good.

🖌️ 此 Strokes 🖌️ 路 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 通 Strokes