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打通

Mandarin · pinyin dǎ tōng

to open access
to establish contact
to remove a block
to put through (a phone connection)

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打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
通: tōng · pass through; common; communicate

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3–1 · da3 tong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daa2 tung1

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verb

(literally, figuratively) to get through; to open up; to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (on a telephone connection)

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