đả thông

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 打通, composed of 打 (“to beat, to break”) and 通 (“to go through”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaː˧˩ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaː˧˨ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaː˨˩˦ tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

đả thông

  1. (alternative medicine) to get rid of an obstruction so a flow can keep going
    đả thông khí huyết ― to keep the blood flow going
  2. (by extension) to get through
    đả thông tư tưởng ― to get through to someone ideologically
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