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통하다

tonghada[통하다]Intermediate · TOPIK II

flow; pass; circulate

VerbSino-Korean: 通 하다

  1. 1

    flow; pass; circulate

    To flow well without any blockage.

    Korean definition: 막힘이 없이 흐르다.

    • My father dried the cleaned fish in a well-ventilated place.

    • Minjun tied the cloth around his injured arm so tightly that the blood couldn't circulate.

  2. 2

    respond; make sense

    For a speech or sentence to be logical and to be able to deliver a meaning well.

    Korean definition: 말이나 문장이 논리에 맞지 않는 부분이 없이 의미가 잘 이어지다.

    • The child's writing didn't make sense from one part to the next, so I couldn't understand it.

    • When Jisu comes across a difficult sentence while reading, she reads it several times until it makes sense.

  3. 3

    run; conduct

    For electricity to pass a certain point.

    Korean definition: 어떤 곳에 전류가 지나가다.

    • When I joined the two ends of the broken wire, electricity started running through it again.

    • An electric current was run through the barbed wire on the fence around the farm so wild animals couldn't get over it.

  4. 4

    be acceptable; be effective

    For something to be accepted or become valid.

    Korean definition: 어떤 것이 받아들여지거나 효력을 가지다.

    • Chairman Kim wants to go into politics, believing that power works for everything.

    • In the past, giving traffic police some money would get violations overlooked, but these days money doesn't work.