This application discloses a method for determining transmission direction performed at a terminal and an associated computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, by the terminal, first configuration signaling, wherein the first configuration signaling indicates that one or more symbols in a slot are used to transmit data in a first transmission direction; obtaining, by the terminal, second configuration signaling, wherein the second configuration signaling indicates that at least one of the one or more symbols in the slot is used to transmit data in a second transmission direction; determining, by the terminal, transmitting data on the one or more symbols in the first transmission direction, and not transmitting data on the at least one of the one or more symbols in the second transmission direction, wherein the first configuration signaling is cell-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling.