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 say sth

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

in other words / that is

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

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

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

an expression of opinion / according to some

as for / when it comes to

generally speaking

romantic fiction

science fiction novel

though / although

a martial arts (wuxia) novel

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

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

as the proverb says / as they say...

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

as far as I'm concerned

in other words

speech / to deliver a speech

short story

needless to say / it goes without saying

to persuade / persuasion / to advise

novel

to tell in detail

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

to speak one's mind

pornographic novel / dirty book

for example / for instance

murder mystery (novel) / whodunit

hypothesis

to put it simply / simply put

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

honestly speaking / to be frank, ...

strictly speaking

it is reasonable to say that...

to recount / to narrate / to give an account of

to have nothing to say (idiom)

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 comment / to evaluate

sth pertinent to say

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

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 talk drivel / to make irresponsible remarks

popular tradition / folk legend

for example

to speak of / to refer to

to tell the truth / to tell it as it is

popular fiction / light literature

not to mention / leaving aside

really good / excellent

flash fiction

novella

see 沒說的｜没说的

theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)

gossip / hearsay / rumor

on the other hand

to insist / to allege / to assert

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

in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally

various ideas / diverse opinions

to not need dwell on (idiom)

to chatter endlessly

to narrate

inaugural speech

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

to allow no explanation

to make a long story short (idiom)

see 二話不說｜二话不说

simple introduction / primer

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

to debate / to argue

harmful teachings / evil doctrine

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

accepted theory or formulation

scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking

flash fiction

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

to explain (the difference)

thus

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

to state / to assert

non-fiction

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

geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy

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

to hear what was said

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

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

to plead / to claim as an excuse