| | to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking | 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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| | to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word | HSK 1 |
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| | generally speaking | HSK 4 |
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| | for example | HSK 2 |
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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 | HSK 6 |
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| | as the proverb says / as they say... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | needless to say; it goes without saying | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | it is said that; reportedly | HSK 3 |
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| | to expound Buddhist teachings | HSK 5 |
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| | can't say for sure / maybe | HSK 4 |
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| | to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly | HSK 6 |
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| | to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2] | HSK 4 |
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| | in other words / that is to say / so / thus | HSK 7-9 |
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| | generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to persuade / persuasion / to advise | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | it is reasonable to say that... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if / if one were to say | HSK 7-9 |
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| | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | as far as I'm concerned | |
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| | to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank | HSK 7-9 |
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| | techno-thriller novel | |
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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 | HSK 6 |
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| | romance novel / romantic fiction | |
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| | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | HSK 7-9 |
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| | theory / doctrine | HSK 7-9 |
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| | not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth) | |
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| | speech / to deliver a speech | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur | |
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| | listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills) | |
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| | to discuss / reason (behind sth) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Why is that?; How come? | |
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| | as for / when it comes to | |
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| | to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary | HSK 6 |
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| | hypothesis | |
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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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| | not to mention / leaving aside | |
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| | (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything | |
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| | to intercede / to plead for sb else | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to talk nonsense / drivel | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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) | |
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| | novelist | |
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| | to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning | 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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| | hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
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| | to allow no explanation | |
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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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| | generally speaking / in general | |
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| | a martial arts (wuxia) novel | |
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| | to talk about / to mention / (preposition) as for | |
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| | murder mystery (novel); whodunit | |
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| | to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example | |
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| | opinions differ (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying | |
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| | to talk rubbish | |
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| | an expression of opinion / according to some | |
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| | easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to boast | |
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| | to lie / to tell an untruth | 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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| | folk art consisting of storytelling to music | |
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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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| | to tell the truth / honestly / in fact | HSK 7-9 |
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| | strictly speaking | |
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| | talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively | |
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| | It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss; to recount | |
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| | to keep one's promise; to mean what one says | |
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| | to act as a matchmaker | |
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| | thus | |
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| | in other words | |
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| | for example; for instance | |
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| | short story | |
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| | for example | |
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| | explanatory diagram | |
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| | novella | |
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| | orator / speaker | |
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| | pornographic novel / dirty book | |
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| | to tell the truth / to tell it as it is | HSK 7-9 |
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| | really good / excellent | |
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| | popular fiction / light literature | |
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| | both sides claim they're right (idiom) | |
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| | to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun | |
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| | start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly | |
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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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| | 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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| | can be counted or regarded as / to be able to tell or answer / to deserve mention | |
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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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| | heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe | |
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| | to explain sth over and over again / to repeat | |
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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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