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to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking
HSK 2
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
novel / fiction / CL: ,
HSK 2
to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
HSK 1
generally speaking
HSK 4
for example
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *说* | 说* | *说
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
HSK 1
in other words; that is
HSK 6
as the proverb says / as they say...
HSK 7-9
needless to say; it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides
HSK 6
it is said that; reportedly
HSK 3
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
HSK 6
to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
HSK 4
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
to persuade / persuasion / to advise
HSK 7-9
in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
HSK 7-9
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
it is reasonable to say that...
HSK 7-9
if / if one were to say
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
as far as I'm concerned
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
techno-thriller novel
in the final analysis / in the end
HSK 7-9
in other words / that is to say
HSK 6
romance novel / romantic fiction
to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
HSK 7-9
theory / doctrine
HSK 7-9
not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
speech / to deliver a speech
HSK 7-9
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
to discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
Why is that?; How come?
as for / when it comes to
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
HSK 6
hypothesis
to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
HSK 7-9
not to mention / leaving aside
(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
to intercede / to plead for sb else
HSK 7-9
to talk nonsense / drivel
HSK 7-9
School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
novelist
to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning
HSK 7-9
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)
hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say
to allow no explanation
(coll.) nothing to pick on; really good / (coll.) nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / in general
a martial arts (wuxia) novel
to talk about / to mention / (preposition) as for
murder mystery (novel); whodunit
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
opinions differ (idiom)
(idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying
to talk rubbish
an expression of opinion / according to some
easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
HSK 7-9
to boast
to lie / to tell an untruth
HSK 7-9
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
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
folk art consisting of storytelling to music
lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
HSK 7-9
strictly speaking
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss; to recount
to keep one's promise; to mean what one says
to act as a matchmaker
thus
in other words
for example; for instance
short story
for example
explanatory diagram
novella
orator / speaker
pornographic novel / dirty book
to tell the truth / to tell it as it is
HSK 7-9
really good / excellent
popular fiction / light literature
both sides claim they're right (idiom)
to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
HSK 7-9
speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词 and 相聲|相声 / (music) rapping
can be counted or regarded as / to be able to tell or answer / to deserve mention
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
to explain sth over and over again / to repeat
(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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