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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 speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *説* | 説* | *説
variant of 說|说
HSK 1
to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking
HSK 2
to explain / to illustrate / to indicate / to show / to prove / explanation / directions / caption / CL: 個|个
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
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
to persuade / to convince / to talk sb over / Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
HSK 4
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
HSK 6
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
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
to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
HSK 6
to discuss / reason (behind sth)
HSK 7-9
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 be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning
HSK 7-9
to talk nonsense / drivel
HSK 7-9
in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
HSK 7-9
to intercede / to plead for sb else
HSK 7-9
nothing to pick on; really good / nothing to discuss; settled matter; no problem
HSK 7-9
in the final analysis / in the end
HSK 7-9
to have nothing to say (idiom)
HSK 7-9
theory / doctrine
HSK 7-9
to chat / to gossip
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / to tell it as it is
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
to tell the truth / honestly / in fact
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
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
to do what needs to be done, without delay
HSK 7-9
to speak frankly
HSK 7-9
to lie / to tell an untruth
HSK 7-9
to state / to say (the quoted words)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *說* | 說* | *說
to persuade
way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation
romance novel / romantic fiction
to say sth
speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词 and 相聲|相声 / (music) rapping
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
unable to say
opinions differ (idiom)
pornographic novel / dirty book
novel
to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for
(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
in other words
folk art consisting of storytelling to music
persuasiveness
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
science fiction novel
to talk rubbish
to tell in detail
to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
to recount; to narrate; to give an account of
short story
to preach
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)
excuse / pretext / entreaties / arguments
murder mystery (novel); whodunit
to speak of / to refer to
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
novelist
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
to chat and laugh / to crack jokes / to banter
to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
to reason / to argue logically
not to mention / leaving aside
A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆
to persuade
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
to speak on sb's behalf; to intercede for sb / to lobby illegally
for example; for instance
cannot be justified / inexcusable
to speak plainly; to speak one’s mind; to say directly
to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc) / to reveal
acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense
to act as a matchmaker

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