Examples

管子不通。

The pipe is blocked. → 不通

电话不通。

The line's dead. → 不通

文章写得不通。

The article is badly written. → 不通

此路不通！

(street sign) Not a Through Road. → 此路不通

电话打不通

be unable to get through (on the telephone) → 打通

大便不通

(suffer from) constipation → 大便

这篇文章写得狗屁不通。

This article is mere trash. → 狗屁不通

前面走不通了，咱们拐回去吧。

We can't get through here, let's turn back. → 拐

他一时想不通，你开导开导他好吗！

He hasn't come round yet. Could you try and straighten him out? → 开导

你的意见理论上我同意，但实际上恐怕行不通。

In theory, I agree with you, but I feel that your ideas would not work in practice. → 理论

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