shū tōng
疏通 (shū tōng) is a Chinese word meaning “to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way”.
Meanings
- 1to unblock
- 2to dredge
- 3to clear the way
- 4to get things flowing
- 5to facilitate
- 6to mediate
- 7to lobby
- 8to explicate (a text)
- Part of speech
- verb
Characters in 疏通
Related words
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