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VerbSino-Korean: 通 하다
- 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
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
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
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.