HSK V7-9
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Strokes

Definition

to unblock/to dredge/to clear the way/to get things flowing/to facilitate/to mediate/to lobby/to explicate (a text)

Example

As a Verb

dredge

1
Shūtōng
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hángdào
航道

dredge the waterways

2
Shūtōng
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gǎngkǒu
港口

dredge a harbour

As a Verb

mediate between two parties

3
Tōngguò
通过
péngyou
朋友
de
shūtōng
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,
men
他们
xiànzài
现在
xiāngchǔ
相处
róngqià
融洽
  

Through the mediation of friends, they get along very well now.

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