疏通
Traditional form:
疏通
Pinyin (reading):
shūtōng
Definitions:
- to unblock
- to dredge
- to clear the way
- to get things flowing
- to facilitate
- to mediate
- to lobby
- to explicate (a text)
Characters:
- 疏 - to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless
- 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
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