通才

polymath / all-round person

Characters and words in 通才

to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

通 = 甬 + 辶 : In front of the engine a pile of yongzhong bells were blocking the way. Tommy Turtle attended to the matter and cleared the way. He lined the bells up to two lines, put on his gladiator sandals and now marches right through this path screened by walls on two sides like a roman general.

通

tòng = tu + (e)ng4

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

才

cái = c + ai2

ability / talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only

才 = 一 + 亅 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: from "ability / talent", the special ability of X-ray vision.

The King of Chu (c) has been bitten by a X-ray tube and has gained the special ability (才) of X-ray vision. In the airplane's kitchen (ai2), he holds a banana (丿) in each hand; through his x-ray vision ability, he is able to see that in one of them there's a crowbar (亅) hidden, in the other one a flute (一).