| 融会贯通 |
róng huì guàn tōng |
to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas |
| 融 |
róng |
to melt / to thaw / to blend / to merge / to be in harmony |
| 融 |
róng |
old variant of 融 |
| 融会 |
róng huì |
to blend / to integrate / to amalgamate / to fuse |
| 会 |
huì |
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) |
| 会 |
kuài |
(bound form) to reckon accounts |
| 贯 |
guàn |
to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash |
| 贯通 |
guàn tōng |
to link up / to thread together |
| 通 |
tōng |
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 |
tòng |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |