说不通
shuō​bu​tōng

to not make sense

  • created sense approved 说不通/說不通 · shuō​bu​tōng · to not make sense — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说不通 / 說不通

    shuō​bu​tōng

    to not make sense

    to be illogical; to not hold water; it does not make sense

    shuō​bù​tōng

    说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · coherent

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 说不通/說不通 · shuō​bu​tōng · to fail to persuade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说不通 / 說不通

    shuō​bu​tōng

    to fail to persuade

    to be unable to convince or persuade someone to agree with something

    shuō​bù​tōng

    说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuì · to persuade 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · to understand

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense