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Tōngdiǎn

Tongdian, a Tang-dynasty encyclopedia

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 通 tōng
  1. to go through
  2. to know well
  3. (suffix) expert
  4. to connect
  5. to communicate
  6. open
  7. to clear
  8. classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
=1 通 tòng classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
2 典 diǎn
  1. canon
  2. law
  3. standard work of scholarship
  4. literary quotation or allusion
  5. ceremony
  6. to be in charge of
  7. to mortgage or pawn