通

（戳开） open up or clear out by poking or jabbing; poke; jab:

• 通炉子

  poke up the fire;

• 通下水道

  jab the cleaning rod into a sewer pipe

（有路达到） lead to; go to:

• 四通八达

  extend in all directions; be linked by rail and road to various parts of the country;

• 这条高速公路直通沈阳。

  The expressway goes [leads] straight to Shenyang.

（连接; 相来往） connect; communicate; transmit:

• 沟通情况

  communicate news;

• 暗通款曲

  send secret messages;

• 互通情报

  exchange information;

• 互通有无

  each supplies what the other needs; supply each other's needs;

• 两个房间是通着的。

  The two rooms are connected [open into each other].

（传达；使知道） notify; tell:

• 通个电话

  phone sb. up; give sb. a ring; call sb. up;

• 通名报姓

  tell one's name

（了解; 懂得） understand; know; master:

• 精通英语

  have a good command of English;

• 无师自通

  learn without a teacher; self-taught;

• 他通3种语言。

  He knows three languages.

（精通某一方面的人） authority; expert:

• 中国通

  an old China hand; Sinologue;

• 日本通

  an expert on Japan;

• 万事通

  know-all; Jack of all trades; a master of everything

（姓氏） a surname:

• 通琦

  Tong Qi

（不堵塞的） open; through:

• 直通街道

  a through street;

• 大便畅通

  open bowels;

• 电话打通了。

  The call has been put through.

• 这个主意行得通。

  This idea will work.

（通顺） logical; coherent:

• 文章写得文理不通。

  The essay is ungrammatical and incoherent.

（普通; 一般） common; general:

• 通称

  a general term;

• 词的通常读音

  the general pronunciation of a word;

• 普通拍子

  common time

（整个; 全部） all; whole; entire:

• 通身

  the whole body;

• 通观全局

  take an overall view of the situation;

• 通宵达旦

  all night long;

• 通盘规划

  overall planning

（用于文书电报）:

• 一通文书

  an official document;

• 一通电报

  a telegram

（用于动作）:

• 大哭了一通

  have a good cry;

• 发了一通牢骚

  utter a grumble;

• 擂鼓三通

  three rolls of the drums;

• 说了他一通

  give him a talking-to