to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine

variant of 說｜说

novel / fiction / CL: 本, 部

legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

to talk nonsense / drivel

it is said that; reportedly

theory / doctrine

to persuade

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

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

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

to say sth

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

to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone

hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it

though / although

needless to say; it goes without saying

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

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

in other words

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

to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks

in other words / that is to say

to state; to assert

speech / to deliver a speech

to speak of / to refer to

to tell in detail

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

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

in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally

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

to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary

gossip; hearsay; rumor

see 二話不說｜二话不说

to allow no explanation

hypothesis

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

scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking

accepted theory or formulation

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

various ideas / diverse opinions

to make a long story short (idiom)

simple introduction / primer

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

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

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

harmful teachings / evil doctrine

to plead / to claim as an excuse

to state / to assert

to explain (the difference)

to speak on sb's behalf; to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally

different opinion / dissident view / absurd remark

geocentric theory

to talk irresponsibly / ridiculous presumption talk

generally speaking

to hear what was said

to declare; to state / to call; to name

to explain sth over and over again / to repeat

(coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert

to chatter endlessly

to plagiarize

to debate; to argue

to persuade / persuasion / to advise

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

to recount; to narrate; to give an account of

normally / ordinarily speaking

novel

flash fiction

science fiction novel

an expression of opinion / according to some

hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say

needless to say; it goes without saying

not to mention / leaving aside

thus

novella

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

sth pertinent to say

as the proverb says / as they say...

to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out

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

reactivation hypothesis

on the other hand

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

historical novel

strictly speaking

philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤｜周敦颐, starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes

if / if one were to say

to assert categorically / generally accepted view

to tell the truth / to tell it as it is

as far as I'm concerned

flash fiction

in other words; that is

inaugural speech

roman à clef

tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction)

it is reasonable to say that...

to get scolded

murder mystery (novel) / whodunit

spit it out!