tōngㄊㄨㄥ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    to go through

  2. 2

    to know well

  3. 3

    (suffix) expert

  4. 4

    to connect

  5. 5

    to communicate

  6. 6

    open

  7. 7

    to clear

  8. 8

    classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

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她看到蒙哥马利通了公共汽车、伯明翰接上了水管、塞尔马建了桥,一位来自亚特兰大的传教士告诉人们:“我们将克服阻力。”是的,我们能做到。

她看到蒙哥馬利通了公共汽車、伯明翰接上了水管、塞爾馬建了橋,一位來自亞特蘭大的傳教士告訴人們:“我們將克服阻力。”是的,我們能做到。

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes, we can.

以前人們以為只有人類才懂得用語言溝通。

People used to think that only humans could use language.

雖然猩猩不懂得開口說話,但牠們能用其他方式和人類溝通。

Gorillas cannot use their lips and tongues to speak, but they can communicate with people in other ways.

這兩個學生都通過了所有的測驗。

Both those students passed all the tests.

他的駕駛技術很差,但也勉強通過了駕駛考試。

He managed to pass his driving test even though he was a poor driver.

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