| | generally speaking | HSK 4 |
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| | for example | HSK 2 |
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| | legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... | HSK 3 |
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| | novel / fiction / CL: 本, 部 | HSK 2 |
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| | it is said that; reportedly | HSK 3 |
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| | to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個｜个 | HSK 2 |
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| | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking | HSK 2 |
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| | to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2] | HSK 4 |
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| | to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly | HSK 6 |
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| | in other words; that is | HSK 6 |
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| | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word | HSK 1 |
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| | can't say for sure / maybe | HSK 4 |
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| | (technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL: 本 | HSK 6 |
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| | to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine | HSK 1 |
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| | in other words / that is to say | HSK 6 |
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| | needless to say; it goes without saying | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to expound Buddhist teachings | HSK 5 |
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| | to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter | |
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| | to tell the truth / to tell it as it is | HSK 7-9 |
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| | not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth) | |
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| | to make (sb) cry (with one's harsh words) | |
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| | to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides | HSK 6 |
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| | (coll.) nothing to pick on; really good / (coll.) nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in other words / that is to say / so / thus | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to have nothing to say (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary | HSK 6 |
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| | for example; for instance | |
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| | (idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur | |
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| | to specify / specific details | |
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| | A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶｜刘义庆 | |
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| | an expression of opinion / according to some | |
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| | to intercede / to plead for sb else | HSK 7-9 |
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| | theory / doctrine | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hypothesis | |
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| | though / although | HSK 7-9 |
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| | generally speaking / in general | |
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| | short story | |
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| | in the final analysis / in the end | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unable to say | |
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| | inaugural speech | |
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| | if / if one were to say | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | murder mystery (novel); whodunit | |
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| | to talk rubbish | |
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| | to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for | |
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| | as the proverb says / as they say... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | for example | HSK 7-9 |
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| | acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense | |
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| | geocentric theory | |
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| | to lie / to tell an untruth | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) | |
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| | needless to say; it goes without saying | |
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| | to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank | HSK 7-9 |
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| | normally / ordinarily speaking | |
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| | to allow no explanation | |
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| | to plead / to claim as an excuse | |
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| | talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively | |
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| | fan fiction | |
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| | (fig.) adaptable; able to deal with various kinds of people and situations / (derog.) insincere; two-faced | |
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| | to speak frankly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | thus | |
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| | really good / excellent | |
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| | generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to do what needs to be done, without delay | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
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| | novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet | |
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| | it is reasonable to say that... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | speech / to deliver a speech | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to speak plainly; to speak one's mind; to say directly | |
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| | to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about | |
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| | to talk nonsense / drivel | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear | |
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| | after all | |
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| | to chat / to gossip | HSK 7-9 |
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| | both sides claim they're right (idiom) | |
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| | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as the saying goes; as they say... | |
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| | popular tradition / folk legend | |
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| | to sneer / to make cynical remarks / sarcastic talk | |
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| | not to mention / leaving aside | |
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| | listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills) | |
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| | (saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on | |
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| | dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest | |
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| | urban legend; urban myth | |
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| | hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be all talk and no action | |
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| | to say sth for fun / to be kidding / to joke around | |
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| | (idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel | |
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| | to hear what was said | |
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| | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | |
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| | to say / to speak / to talk | |
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| | to say sth | |
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| | to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out | |
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| | to persuade / persuasion / to advise | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Why is that?; How come? | |
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| | to speak one's mind | |
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| | romance novel / romantic fiction | |
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| | to comment; to evaluate | |
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