想通
xiǎng tōng
Pinyin

Definition

想通
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xiǎng tōng
  1. to figure out
  2. to realize
  3. to become convinced
  4. to come round (to an idea)
  5. to get over it

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
交通
jiāo tōng
  1. 1 to be connected
  2. 2 traffic
  3. 3 transportation
  4. 4 communications
  5. 5 liaison
卡通
kǎ tōng
  1. 1 cartoon (loanword)
回想
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to recollect
  3. 3 to think back
梦想
mèng xiǎng
  1. 1 (fig.) to dream of
  2. 2 dream
幻想
huàn xiǎng
  1. 1 delusion
  2. 2 fantasy
心想
xīn xiǎng
  1. 1 to think to oneself
  2. 2 to think
  3. 3 to assume
思想
sī xiǎng
  1. 1 thought
  2. 2 thinking
  3. 3 idea
  4. 4 ideology
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
想来
xiǎng lái
  1. 1 it may be assumed that
想像
xiǎng xiàng
  1. 1 to imagine
  2. 2 to conceive of
  3. 3 to visualize
  4. 4 imagination
想到
xiǎng dào
  1. 1 to think of
  2. 2 to call to mind
  3. 3 to anticipate
想家
xiǎng jiā
  1. 1 homesick
想念
xiǎng niàn
  1. 1 to miss
  2. 2 to remember with longing
  3. 3 to long to see again
想法
xiǎng fǎ
  1. 1 way of thinking
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 notion
  4. 4 to think of a way (to do sth)
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
想睡
xiǎng shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy
想要
xiǎng yào
  1. 1 to want to
  2. 2 to feel like
  3. 3 to fancy
  4. 4 to care for sb
  5. 5 desirous of
想见
xiǎng jiàn
  1. 1 to infer
  2. 2 to gather
想象
xiǎng xiàng
  1. 1 to imagine
  2. 2 to fancy
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
想起
xiǎng qǐ
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to think of
  3. 3 to call to mind
意想不到
yì xiǎng bù dào
  1. 1 unexpected
  2. 2 previously unimagined

Idioms (20)

一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
  3. 3 to reciprocate with material assistance
  4. 4 scratch each other's back
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
  1. 1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
  2. 2 to rack one's brains
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
  1. 1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
  1. 1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
  1. 1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
  2. 2 to ponder
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
心有灵犀一点通
xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
  1. 1 hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
思前想后
sī qián xiǎng hòu
  1. 1 to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
  2. 2 to ponder over reasons and connection
想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
  1. 1 to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
  1. 1 to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
  2. 2 to try this, that and the other
政通人和
zhèng tōng rén hé
  1. 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. 1 our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
有无相通
yǒu wú xiāng tōng
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to reciprocate with material assistance

Sample Sentences

是啊，这会儿你总算想通了。哎！兄弟，想开一点吧。
shì ā ，zhèhuìr nǐ zǒngsuàn xiǎng tōng le 。āi ！xiōngdì ，xiǎng kāi yīdiǎn ba 。
Yeah. Now you’ve finally come around. Hey, bro, try and get over it.
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算了，我现在也想通了。可能我和他真的不合适。
suàn le ，wǒ xiànzài yě xiǎng tōng le 。kěnéng wǒ hé tā zhēnde bù héshì 。
Forget about it. I'm over it now. Probably he and I aren't right for each other.
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不过我想通了，这种公司，有什么好留的？
bùguò wǒ xiǎng tōng le ，zhèzhǒng gōngsī ，yǒu shénme hǎo liú de ？
But now I've figured it out. This kind of company--- what's the point of staying there?
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嗯，最近老有人这么安慰我。嗨，我想通了，大不了一个人呗。
ng4 ，zuìjìn lǎo yǒurén zhème ānwèi wǒ 。hāi ，wǒ xiǎng tōng le ，dà bu liǎo yī ge rén bei 。
Agh, people have been comforting me that way recently. Hey, I get it-- the worst that could happen is I stay single.
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