to persuade

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說｜日心说 heliocentric theory)

novel / fiction / CL: 本, 部

legend / folklore / to repeat from mouth to mouth / they say that...

in other words / that is

in other words / that is to say / so / thus

to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking

to say sth

to explain / to comment

it is said that / reportedly

It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss / to recount

as for / when it comes to

generally speaking

romantic fiction

to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides

an expression of opinion / according to some

in other words

easy to deal with / not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me

theory / doctrine

though / although

science fiction novel

as the proverb says / as they say...

a martial arts (wuxia) novel

to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)

generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short

to persuade / persuasion / to advise

short story

speech / to deliver a speech

novel

for example / for instance

pornographic novel / dirty book

as far as I'm concerned

hard to say / unpleasant to say / can't be sure

murder mystery (novel) / whodunit

to tell in detail

to tell the truth / to tell it as it is

for example

it is reasonable to say that...

to recount / to narrate / to give an account of

hypothesis

popular tradition / folk legend

to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about

not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection / without demur

to put it simply / simply put

to lobby / to campaign / to promote (an idea, a product) / (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)

to comment / to evaluate

to speak of / to refer to

to talk nonsense / drivel

to talk drivel / to make irresponsible remarks

honestly speaking / to be frank, ...

to have nothing to say (idiom)

not to mention / leaving aside

see 沒說的｜没说的

strictly speaking

fiction

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

novella

really good / excellent

sth pertinent to say

in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally

supernatural novel / novel of ghosts and goblins

flash fiction

to chatter endlessly

gossip / hearsay / rumor

various ideas / diverse opinions

to state / to assert

flash fiction

to make a long story short (idiom)

to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story

theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)

to allow no explanation

on the other hand

simple introduction / primer

to narrate

harmful teachings / evil doctrine

inaugural speech

popular fiction / light literature

phlogiston theory

accepted theory or formulation

to not need dwell on (idiom)

looking at the big picture / all in all / all things considered

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

novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 鲁迅 classification)

thus

scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking

see 二話不說｜二话不说

non-fiction

heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe

to explain (the difference)

to hear what was said

to plead / to claim as an excuse

to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom) / to reason with sb in every way possible

to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)

novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet

not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)

Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding

geocentric theory

to insist / to allege / to assert

normally / ordinarily speaking

to plagiarize