不通

bù tōng

HSK level: HSK 3.0 · 6

Meaning

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

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Characters

不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一通tōngto pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common辶甬

Examples

我不想不通过考试。

Wǒ bù xiǎng bù tōng guò kǎo shì.

I don't want to fail my exams.