| | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word | HSK 1 |
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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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| | 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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| | novel / fiction / CL: 本, 部 | HSK 2 |
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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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| | it is said that; reportedly | HSK 3 |
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| | to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2] | HSK 4 |
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| | can't say for sure / maybe | HSK 4 |
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| | generally speaking | HSK 4 |
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| | to expound Buddhist teachings | HSK 5 |
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| | to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary | HSK 6 |
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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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| | in other words / that is to say | HSK 6 |
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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 the truth / truth to tell / frankly | HSK 6 |
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| | in other words; that is | HSK 6 |
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| | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to discuss / reason (behind sth) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | theory / doctrine | HSK 7-9 |
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| | speech / to deliver a speech | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to lie / to tell an untruth | HSK 7-9 |
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| | generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short | HSK 7-9 |
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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 unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning | HSK 7-9 |
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| | though / although | HSK 7-9 |
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| | easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to intercede / to plead for sb else | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to persuade / persuasion / to advise | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to talk nonsense / drivel | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | needless to say; it goes without saying | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in the final analysis / in the end | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in other words / that is to say / so / thus | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to tell the truth / honestly / in fact | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as the proverb says / as they say... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to do what needs to be done, without delay | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to have nothing to say (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | it is reasonable to say that... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to chat / to gossip | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if / if one were to say | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to tell the truth / to tell it as it is | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally | HSK 7-9 |
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| | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | 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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| | to speak frankly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | for example | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to debate; to argue | |
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| | to act as a matchmaker | |
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| | to state / to say (the quoted words) | |
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| | to chatter endlessly | |
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| | not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth) | |
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| | to chat about this and that / to talk about anything and everything | |
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| | all talk and no action (idiom) / to preach what one does not practice / same as 光說不做|光说不做 | |
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| | looking at the big picture / all in all / all things considered | |
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| | "The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞 | |
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| | Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎 in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries | |
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| | to speak out / to declare (one's view) | |
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| | (old) works of literature, including novels, plays etc | |
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| | It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss; to recount | |
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| | to do as promised / to be as good as one's word / to honor one's word / to mean what one says | |
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| | to be all talk and no action | |
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| | speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词 and 相聲|相声 / (music) rapping | |
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| | to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun | |
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| | (old) itinerant political adviser / (fig.) lobbyist / go-between / mouthpiece / also pr. [shuo1 ke4] | |
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| | as far as I'm concerned | |
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| | excuse / pretext / entreaties / arguments | |
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| | lunatic ravings; nonsense | |
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| | to speak of / to refer to | |
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| | to speak plainly; to speak one's mind; to say directly | |
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| | to reason / to argue logically | |
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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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| | talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively | |
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| | way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation | |
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| | opinions differ (idiom) | |
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| | to come to an agreement / to complete negotiations | |
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| | to recount; to narrate; to give an account of | |
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| | to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks | |
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| | to preach | |
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| | to tell in detail | |
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| | to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter | |
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| | cannot be justified / inexcusable | |
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| | to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for | |
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| | accepted theory or formulation | |
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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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| | folk art consisting of storytelling to music | |
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| | to be unmentionable / be unspeakable / must / cannot but | |
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| | to allow no explanation | |
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| | Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙, collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话 tales published in 1620 | |
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| | to make thoughtless remarks (idiom) / to criticize / gossip | |
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| | to agree on / to settle on | |
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| | to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship | |
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| | can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab | |
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| | start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly | |
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