通zhòngyīngguànyònglìgōu:
  • nǐ de yì jiàn bì xū tōng guò zhèng dāng tú jìng tóu sù .
    Your complaint must be made through the proper channels.
  • yì 'àn huò jué duì duō shù piào tōng guò .
    majority.
  • gāo dà chē liàng zài zhè qiáo xià tōng guò shí méi yòu duō dà yú xì .
    There is not much clearance for tall vehicles passing under this bridge.
  • zhè tiáo lù jī dòng chē bù zhǔn tōng xíng .
    This road is closed to motor vehicles.
  • liǎng gè zhèng rén chuàn tōng yī qì（ rú liǎng rén zuò tóng yàng wěi zhèng bāo bì bèi gào） .
    There was collusion between the two witnesses, eg They gave the same false evidence to protect the defendant.
  • yī yòu kōng quē wǒ men jiù tōng zhī nǐ .
    We'll let you know if any vacancies come up.
  • tā jīng tōng fǎ yǔ .
    good command of the French language, ie can speak it well.
  • jǐng chá tōng guò wú xiàn diàn（ hù xiāng） lián luò .
    by radio.
  • wǒ zhēn xiǎng bù tōng nǐ wéi shí mó ràng hái zǐ yī gè rén zǒu（ wǒ rèn wéi nǐ zhè yàng zuò hěn chǔn） .
    I cannot conceive why you allowed the child to go alone, ie I think you were very foolish to allow it.
  • zhè xiàng tōng gào zhèng míng liǎo wǒ de cāi yí shǔ shí .
    The announcement confirmed my suspicions.
  • wǒ men zài děng hòu tōng zhī yù dìng de xià yī bù xíng chéng shì fǒu luò shí .
    We are waiting for confirmation of our onward reservations, ie waiting to be told that our further travel bookings are still valid.
  • diàn xiàn shì zài dì bǎn xià jiē tōng de .
    under the floor.
  • zhè liǎng gè shì zhèn tōng huǒ chē .
    The two towns are connected by a railway.
  • jiē tōng bīng xiāng de diàn yuán .
    to the electricity supply.
  • zhè liǎng gè fáng jiān yòu mén xiāng tōng .
    The two rooms have a connecting door, ie so that you can go straight from one room into the other.
  • wǒ men gēn zǒng bù chāo guò yī dìng jù lí tōng xùn jiù huì zhōng duàn .
    Beyond a certain distance we are out of contact with our headquarters.
  • zài wǎng lǐ zǒu , kēng dào suō xiǎo chéng liǎo yī tiáo zhǎi zhǎi de tōng dào .Cf cān kàn expand.
    The tunnel contracts to a narrow passageway as you go deeper.
  • rén men pǔ biàn rèn tóng de kàn fǎ shì gōng zī zēngzhǎng guò kuài huì jiā jù tōng huò péng zhàng .
    The conventional wisdom is that high wage rises increase inflation, ie That is the generally accepted view.
  • wǒ men yǐ（ hù xiāng） tōng xìn duō nián liǎo , kě shì wǒ cóng wèi jiàn guò tā běn rén .
    for years but I've never actually met him.
  • wǒ jué bù jiù zhè yī wèn tí yǔ tā tōng xìn .
    with him about it.
  • shuō shēng xiè xiè bù guò shì pǔ tōng de lǐ mào .
    It would only have been common courtesy to say thank you.
  • zhèng fǔ de zhèng cè kàn lái xíng bù tōng liǎo .
    The Government's policy is looking rather creaky, ie as if about to fail.
  • xīn de gōng gòng qì chē jiāo tōng fú wù shǐ yùn xíng shí jiān jiǎn shǎo liǎo yī bàn .
    The new bus service cuts the travelling time by half.
  • wǒ zài huí jiā tú zhōng tōng cháng chāo jìn lù chuān guò gōng yuán .
    through the park on my way home.
  • tā men bǎ shù shàng de kū zhī tōng tōng kǎn diào liǎo .
    They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.
  • zài dài shù zhōng ,x fú hào tōng cháng dài biǎo yī wèi zhī de liàng .
    In algebra, the sign x usually denotes an unknown quantity.
  • tōng huò péng zhàng shuài yǐ jìn rù liǎng wèi shù（ 10% yǐ shàng） .
    The inflation rate is into double figures, ie above 10%.
  • yòu mǒu zhǒng（ tōng cháng zhǐ cuò wù de） xiǎng fǎ ...
    idea that...
  • tōng huò péng zhàng shuài yǐ zēngzhǎng liǎo 2%.
    The rate of inflation has increased by 2%.
  • zài yán rè de xià tiān hē yī tōng lěng yǐn rú huò qióng jiāng yù yè .Cf cān kàn ambrosia.
    On a hot summer day a long cool drink is like nectar.
  • yóu dì yuán 'àn mén líng jiào mén tóu dì bāo guǒ .ApackageinBritishEnglishisusuallycarriedandnotsent. yīng shì yīng yǔ zhōng package tōng cháng zhǐ xié dài de 'ér bù shì jì sòng de bāo guǒ .Packagingisthematerialusedtowrapandprotectproductssoldinshopsorsentthroughthepost.*packaging shì zhǐ shāng diàn shòu chū shāng pǐn huò yóu dì wù pǐn de bāo zhuāng cái liào .
    package to deliver.
  • wú yòu xiào piào zhèng chéng dā jiāo tōng gōng jù -- wéi zhāng fá kuǎn 100 yīng bàng .
    It is an offence to travel without a valid ticket penalty 100.