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見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話
jiàn rén shuō rén huà ， jiàn guǐ shuō guǐ huà
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(fig.) adaptable;
able to deal with various kinds of people and situations;
(derog.) insincere;
two-faced
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訓話
xùn huà
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to admonish subordinates
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評話
píng huà
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storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
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詞話
cí huà
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form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
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詩話
shī huà
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notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old);
a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
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話不投機
huà bù tóu jī
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the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)
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話不投機半句多
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō
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when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)
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話中有刺
huà zhōng yǒu cì
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hidden barbs in one's words;
hostile subtext
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話中有話
huà zhōng yǒu huà
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overtones in conversation;
things indirectly implied from what is said
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話亭
huà tíng
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telephone booth
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話別
huà bié
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to say good-bye;
to bid sb farewell
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話到嘴邊
huà dào zuǐ biān
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to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind
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話到嘴邊留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
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A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
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話劇
huà jù
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stage play;
modern drama;
CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
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話務員
huà wù yuán
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phone operator
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話匣子
huà xiá zi
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phonograph or radio (old term);
chatterbox;
talkative person
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話卡
huà kǎ
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calling card (telephone)
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話又說回來
huà yòu shuō huí lai
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returning to our main topic,...;
that said,...;
again,...;
in this connection;
in passing;
nevertheless,...;
anyhow
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話多不甜
huà duō bù tián
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too much talk is a nuisance (idiom)
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話本
huà běn
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Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
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話柄
huà bǐng
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a pretext for gossip;
a matter for derision
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話梅
huà méi
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plum candy;
preserved plum
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話癆
huà láo
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chatterer
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話筒
huà tǒng
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microphone;
(telephone) receiver;
handset
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話舊
huà jiù
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to reminisce
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