打通 (dǎ tōng) — to get through (on the phone); to open up / clear (a path, blockage, or channel)
Definition
A resultative verb: 打通 = get through / open up by completing an action (打通电话 'get through on the phone', 打通隧道 'bore through a tunnel'). The result complements holds — 打通, 打得通, 打不通.
verb
to get through (on the phone)to open up / clear (a path, blockage, or channel)
Examples
- 打通。Wǒ dǎ le jǐ cì diàn huà dōu méi dǎ tōng.I called several times but never got through.
- 打通。Shī gōng duì zhōng yú dǎ tōng le zhè tiáo suì dào.The construction team finally opened up this tunnel.
- ？Yòng zhè ge hào mǎ dǎ dé tōng ma?Can you get through with this number?
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