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行不通 meaning in English

xíngbutōng

won't work; will get (you) nowhere

20 strokes

Meaning of 行不通

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xíngbutōng
  1. won't work
  2. will get (you) nowhere

行不通 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men都dōu认rèn为wéi你nǐ的de想xiǎng法fǎ是shì行xíng不bù通tōng的de。
We all consider your idea to be impractical.
再zài那nà样yàng做zuò就jiù行xíng不bù通tōng了le。
It's no longer possible to do that.
计jì划huà行xíng不bù通tōng。
The plan isn't workable.
给gěi你nǐ解jiě释shì这zhè为wèi什shén么me行xíng不bù通tōng要yào花huā很hěn多duō时shí间jiān。
It would take me too much time to explain to you why it's not going to work.
我wǒ怕pà它tā是shì行xíng不bù通tōng的de。
I'm afraid it won't work.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

行 xíng · to walk · 6 strokes

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不 bù · no · 4 strokes

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通 tōng · to go through · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 行不通.

对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不对bùduìincorrect; wrong
不客气bù kèqìyou're welcome; don't mention it
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
不过bùguòonly; merely
不错bùcuòcorrect; right
不行bùxíngwon't do; be out of the question
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
进行jìnxíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out

Questions about 行不通

What does 行不通 mean?

行不通 (xíngbutōng) means "won't work; will get (you) nowhere".

How do you write 行不通?

行不通 is made of 3 characters: 行 (6 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 通 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.