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万事亨通

wàn shì hēng tōngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
everything is going smoothly (idiom)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-42456357f9083b68. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

萬事亨通 万事亨通 [wan4 shi4 heng1 tong1] /everything is going smoothly (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 萬事亨通

  • 万
    mò

    used in 万俟[Mò qí]

    wàn

    ten thousand / a great number

    Wàn

    surname Wan

  • 事
    shì

    matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng],回[huí]

  • 亨
    hēng

    prosperous / henry (unit of inductance)

  • 通
    tōng

    to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

    tòng

    classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.