想不通 [－－－]

Jyutping soeng2 bat1 tung1
Pinyin xiǎng bù tōng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be unable to get one's head around; to be unable to work out

想不通 [－－－]

Jyutping soeng2 bat1 tung1
Pinyin xiǎng bu tōng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unable to understand
  2. unable to get over
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我不想不通过考试。
    我不想不通過考試。
    wǒ bù xiǎng bù tōng guò kǎo shì 。
    • I don't want to fail my exams.
  2. Mandarin
    汤姆想不通为啥没人想去动物园了。
    湯姆想不通為啥沒人想去動物園了。
    tāng mǔ xiǎng bu tōng wèi shá méi rén xiǎng qù dòng wù yuán le 。
    • Tom couldn't understand why no one else wanted to go to the zoo.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    真想不通，是什么促使她这么做的。
    真想不通，是什麼促使她這麼做的。
    zhēn xiǎng bù tōng ， shì shén me cù shǐ tā zhè me zuò de ．
    • Can't imagine what could have moved her to do such a thing.
  2. Mandarin
    事物是往返曲折的，不是径情直遂的，战争也是一样，只有形式主义者想不通这个道理。
    事物是往返曲折的，不是徑情直遂的，戰爭也是一樣，只有形式主義者想不通這個道理。
    shì wù shì wǎng fǎn qū zhé de ， bù shì jìng qíng zhí suì de ， zhàn zhēng yě shì yī yàng ， zhǐ yǒu xíng shì zhǔ yì zhě xiǎng bu tōng zhè ge dào lǐ ．
    • Events have their twists and turns and do not follow a straight line, and war is no exception; only formalists are unable to comprehend this truth.