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
Idioms (20)
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
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)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (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)
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
2 Long may you live!
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2 (fig.) all over China
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
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
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