tōng sú yì dǒngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
easy to understand
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Original source entry:

通俗易懂 通俗易懂 [tong1 su2 yi4 dong3] /easy to understand/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 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)

  • 俗
    sú

    custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular

  • 易
    yì

    easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"

    Yì

    surname Yi / I Ching / Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yì jīng])

  • 懂
    dǒng

    to understand / to comprehend

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