yī tōng bǎi tōngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
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Original source entry:

一通百通 一通百通 [yi1 tong1 bai3 tong1] /grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)/

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一通百通
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