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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *說* | 說* | *說
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
HSK 1
to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking
HSK 2
novel / fiction / CL: ,
HSK 2
for example
HSK 2
legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
HSK 3
it is said that; reportedly
HSK 3
generally speaking
HSK 4
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
HSK 6
in other words; that is
HSK 6
to say again / to put off a discussion until later / moreover / what's more / besides
HSK 6
in other words / that is to say
HSK 6
though / although
HSK 7-9
speech / to deliver a speech
HSK 7-9
to persuade / persuasion / to advise
HSK 7-9
needless to say; it goes without saying
HSK 7-9
easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
HSK 7-9
to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
HSK 7-9
it is reasonable to say that...
HSK 7-9
hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it
HSK 7-9
to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
HSK 7-9
to talk nonsense / drivel
HSK 7-9
in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
HSK 7-9
to have nothing to say (idiom)
HSK 7-9
theory / doctrine
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / to tell it as it is
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
in other words / that is to say / so / thus
HSK 7-9
as the proverb says / as they say...
HSK 7-9
if / if one were to say
HSK 7-9
for example
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *說* | 說* | *說
to persuade
romance novel / romantic fiction
to say sth
It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss; to recount
an expression of opinion / according to some
as for / when it comes to
pornographic novel / dirty book
novel
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
in other words
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
science fiction novel
to tell in detail
to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
to recount; to narrate; to give an account of
short story
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)
murder mystery (novel); whodunit
to speak of / to refer to
a martial arts (wuxia) novel
to talk drivel / to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact / not to know what one is talking about
hypothesis
not to mention / leaving aside
to speak on sb's behalf; to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally
for example; for instance
thus
(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
(idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible
novella
simple introduction / primer
(idiom) needless to say / it goes without saying
flash fiction
Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
normally / ordinarily speaking
to state; to assert
harmful teachings / evil doctrine
theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
to debate; to argue
accepted theory or formulation
to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
to state / to assert
flash fiction
heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
popular tradition / folk legend
to explain sth over and over again / to repeat
different opinion / dissident view / absurd remark
scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking
to assert categorically / generally accepted view
various ideas / diverse opinions
to allow no explanation
to comment; to evaluate
to explain (the difference)
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 talk irresponsibly / ridiculous presumption talk
gossip; hearsay; rumor
to declare; to state / to call; to name
really good / excellent
to get scolded
to speak without thinking; to blurt sth out
(coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert
to plead / to claim as an excuse
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital of in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of as "promote the wise"
(idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
Darwinism
to narrate
philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤|周敦颐, starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes

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