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行不通
xíng​bu​tōng

won't work

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 行 xíng adjectiveverb
    all right
    all right; OK; capable; competent
  2. 不 bu particle
    [potential]
    Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the 得 de potential construction
  3. 通 tōng verbparticle
    to lead to
    to go through; to lead to a place