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想不通

xiǎng bu tōng

Definitions

  1. 1. unable to understand
  2. 2. unable to get over

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Child Words of 想不通

不
bù

no; not so

不通
bù tōng

to be obstructed

想
xiǎng

to think (about)

通
tòng

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)