1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
3 it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
1 to act in collusion (idiom)
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
3 to reciprocate with material assistance
4 scratch each other's back
八仙过海,各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
1 lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
2 fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
心有灵犀一点通
xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
1 hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi
1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
2 to tell tales
3 to make mischief
政通人和
zhèng tōng rén hé
1 efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
时运亨通
shí yùn hēng tōng
1 our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
有无相通
yǒu wú xiāng tōng
1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
2 to reciprocate with material assistance
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