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)

variant of 說｜说

novel / fiction / CL: 本, 部

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

it is said that / reportedly

to talk nonsense / drivel

theory / doctrine

to persuade

to explain / to comment

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

in other words / that is

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

an expression of opinion / according to some

generally speaking

as for / when it comes to

romantic fiction

to say sth

though / although

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

short story

as the proverb says / as they say...

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

speech / to deliver a speech

to persuade / persuasion / to advise

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

pornographic novel / dirty book

science fiction novel

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

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

as far as I'm concerned

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

to tell the truth / to tell it as it is

in other words

needless to say / it goes without saying

to have nothing to say (idiom)

to recount / to narrate / to give an account of

popular tradition / folk legend

strictly speaking

hypothesis

murder mystery (novel) / whodunit

to tell in detail

a martial arts (wuxia) novel

not to mention / leaving aside

novel

gossip / hearsay / rumor

novella

flash fiction

to put it simply / simply put

to allow no explanation

honestly speaking / to be frank, ...

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)

for example / for instance

sth pertinent to say

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

to speak one's mind

to talk drivel / to make irresponsible remarks

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

it is reasonable to say that...

to make a long story short (idiom)

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

to comment / to evaluate

to explain (the difference)

to speak of / to refer to

for example

really good / excellent

to plead / to claim as an excuse

spit it out!

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

to insist / to allege / to assert

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

simple introduction / primer

on the other hand

see 沒說的｜没说的

normally / ordinarily speaking

in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally

theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)

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

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

to not need dwell on (idiom)

inaugural speech

to chatter endlessly

flash fiction

to narrate

to affirm / to assert / generally accepted view

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

to speak for sb / to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally

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

see 二話不說｜二话不说

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

accepted theory or formulation

supernatural novel / novel of ghosts and goblins

harmful teachings / evil doctrine

Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche) / Do it my way.

popular fiction / light literature

scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking

to talk irresponsibly / ridiculous presumption talk

various ideas / diverse opinions

thus

geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy

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