to say; to speak; to talk
folk art consisting of story-telling to music
to speak out; to declare (one's view)
to bring together; to mediate; to arrange a deal
speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as
彈詞 and
相聲;
(music) rapping
to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations
to agree on; to settle on
memorandum; note (i.e. written statement)
to intercede; to plead for sb else
to explain; explanation; to illustrate; illustration; to show; explication; instruction; direction
to persuade; to convince; to talk somebody over
way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation
to reason; to argue logically
to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc); to reveal
to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter
to speak; to say; to talk
to lie; to tell lies; to tell an untruth
to mention; to bring up (a subject); speaking (of); with regard (to); as for; to begin talking (about); to raise a topic
excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
to get sb to understand; to persuade
to state; to say (the quoted words)
to discuss; reason (behind sth)
to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
unable to say; can't say precisely
maybe; perhaps; can't say for sure; hard to say; uncertain
to have the final say; to be the one in charge
to speak the truth; to be honest; to tell the truth; truth be told; truth (to tell); honestly; frankly
to talk nonsense; to bullshit
can be counted or regarded as; to be able to tell or answer; to deserve mention
(technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film)
to make a slip of the tongue
to blurt out; to let slip
to say sth for fun; to be kidding; to joke around
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop); (lit.) to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
to keep one's promise; to mean what one says
to do as promised; to be as good as one's word; to honor one's word; to mean what one says
nothing serious; just hot air
to sneer; to make cynical remarks; sarcastic talk
to fail to keep to one's word; to break a promise
(way of) saying (sth); statement; argument; theory; according to one theory, interpretation etc
to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
various ideas; diverse opinions
legend; folklore; tradition; it is said; they say that...
to speak for sb; to intercede for sb; to lobby illegally
to repeat; to speak again; to say again; to talk (about it) later; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
to explain (the difference)
to persuade; persuasion; to advise
to be told; to hear of; to hear (something said)
you're too kind (humble); with pleasure! (indicating agreement); easy to handle
to talk irresponsibly; ridiculous presumption talk
theory; doctrine; teaching
different opinion; dissident view; absurd remark
to insist; to allege; to assert
not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
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
accepted theory or formulation
in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
it is said (that); they say; allegedly; reportedly
to plead; to claim as an excuse
scattered essays; various opinions; different manners of speaking
come on; about; for; generally; generally speaking; to have one's say; to interpret a topic (from a certain point of view); now we come to talk about it (...)
simple introduction; primer
speech; to deliver a speech
not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
normally; ordinarily speaking
to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about
to declare; to state; to call; to name
to talk nonsense; nonsense; drivel
to recount; to narrate; to give an account of
harmful teachings; evil doctrine
hard to say; unpleasant to say; can't be sure
needless to say; it goes without saying
not to mention; leaving aside
as the saying goes; as the proverb says; it is common saying that; as they say...
in other words; namely; that is (to say)
period costume drama (on TV)
it is reasonable to say that...
heliocentric theory; the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
for example; for instance
geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy
theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
commentator; narrator; announcer
generally speaking; by and large
generally speaking; in general
in other words; that is to say; so; thus
to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out
explicit explanation; to specify
to be all talk and no action
to tell the truth; to tell it as it is; to speak the truth
according to me; to me; in my opinion; as far as I'm concerned; as I am concerned
looking at the big picture; all in all; all things considered
to sum up; in a word; on the whole; all in all; in general; by and large; in short; in summary; generally speaking
talking and laughing; to jest; cheerful and lively
to explain sth over and over again; to repeat
popular tradition; folk legend
love novel; love story; love fiction (movie); romance novel; romantic novel
to talk from one's personal experience; to use oneself as an example
lunatic ravings; nonsense; pipe dream
supernatural novel; novel of ghosts and goblins
science fiction book; science fiction novel; SF novel; SF book; sci fi book; sci fi novel
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
to put it simply; simply put
theory of Chakra in Indian yoga and Tibetan Buddhism
pornographic novel; dirty book
returning to our main topic; that said; again; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless; anyhow
to talk endlessly; talking of anything under the sun
novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 鲁迅 classification)
popular fiction; light literature
as the saying goes; as they say...
having unspeakable bitter suffering;
(often used after 啞巴吃黃連)
theory of seafloor spreading (geology)
returning to our main topic,...; that said,...; again,...; in this connection; in passing; nevertheless,...; anyhow
techno-thriller novel; science fiction thriller
not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop); (lit.) to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
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