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

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

in other words / that is

to explain / to comment

to say sth

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

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

to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone

generally speaking

as for / when it comes to

romance novel / romantic fiction

an expression of opinion / according to some

though / although

short story

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

needless to say / it goes without saying

as the proverb says / as they say...

not saying anything further (idiom); 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)

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

to talk drivel / to make irresponsible remarks

to tell in detail

speech / to deliver a speech

to persuade / persuasion / to advise

pornographic novel / dirty book

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

for example / for instance

to speak of / to refer to

to tell the truth / to tell it as it is

to have nothing to say (idiom)

to recount / to narrate / to give an account of

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

murder mystery (novel) / whodunit

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

strictly speaking

not to mention / leaving aside

hypothesis

popular tradition / folk legend

flash fiction

see 沒說的｜没说的

novella

in the ordinary course of events / ordinarily / normally

to narrate

to allow no explanation

gossip / hearsay / rumor

to state / to assert

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

to make a long story short (idiom)

in other words / that is to say

harmful teachings / evil doctrine

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

to plead / to claim as an excuse

theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)

to explain (the difference)

(idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying

to hear what was said

see 二話不說｜二话不说

simple introduction / primer

that goes without saying

spit it out!

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

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

scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking

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

accepted theory or formulation

techno-thriller novel / science fiction thriller

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

various ideas / diverse opinions

normally / ordinarily speaking

single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)

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

to insist / to allege / to assert

to affirm / to assert / generally accepted view

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

fiction

to state / to assert

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

to talk irresponsibly / ridiculous presumption talk

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

different opinion / dissident view / absurd remark

geocentric theory

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

phlogiston theory

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

to declare / to state / to call / to name

to explain sth over and over again / to repeat

historical novel

reactivation hypothesis