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透过

tòu guò · tou guo

Traditional 透過

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to pass through
  2. to penetrate
  3. by means of
  4. via
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A bird at the window

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，阳光(yángguāng)透过(tòuguò)窗户(chuānghu)照(zhào)进来(jìnlái)了(le)。

    Look, the sunlight is shining in through the window.

  2. Liangliang

    透过(tòuguò)窗户(chuānghu)还(hái)能(néng)看到(kàndào)外面(wàimiàn)的(de)树(shù)。

    Through the window we can also see the trees outside.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)看到(kàndào)一只(yīzhī)鸟(niǎo)，在(zài)树上(shùshàng)。

    I see a bird in the tree.

  4. Liangliang

    它(tā)也(yě)透过(tòuguò)窗户(chuānghu)看(kàn)我们(wǒmen)呢(ne)！

    It's looking at us through the window too!

  5. Dengdeng

    它(tā)一定(yīdìng)在想(zàixiǎng)：这(zhè)两个人(liǎnggèrén)在(zài)吃(chī)什么(shénme)？

    It must be thinking: what are these two eating?

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)分(fēn)它(tā)一块(yīkuài)饼干(bǐnggān)吧(ba)！

    Then let's share a piece of cookie with it!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)件(jiàn)事(shì)是(shì)我(wǒ)透(tòu)过(guò)可(kě)靠(kào)的(de)消(xiāo)息(xi)来(lái)源(yuán)得(dé)知(zhī)的(de)。

I came to know this from some reliable sources.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cienias · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

透(tòu)过(guò)薄(bó)雾(wù)，我(wǒ)隐(yǐn)约(yuē)看(kàn)见(jiàn)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)未(wèi)来(lái)。

In looking through the mist, I caught a glimpse of my future.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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