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說通
shuō tōng
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to get sb to understand;
to persuade
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說道
shuō dào
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to state;
to say (the quoted words)
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說道
shuō dao
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to discuss;
reason (behind sth)
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說長道短
shuō cháng dào duǎn
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lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
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說風涼話
shuō fēng liáng huà
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to sneer;
to make cynical remarks;
sarcastic talk
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談天說地
tán tiān shuō dì
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to talk endlessly;
talking of anything under the sun
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談情說愛
tán qíng shuō ài
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to murmur endearments (idiom);
to get into a romantic relationship
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譴責小說
qiǎn zé xiǎo shuō
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novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 鲁迅 classification)
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走自己的路，讓人家去說
zǒu zì jǐ de lù ， ràng rén jiā qù shuō
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Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche);
Do it my way.
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辯說
biàn shuō
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to debate;
to argue
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述說
shù shuō
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to recount;
to narrate;
to give an account of
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通俗小說
tōng sú xiǎo shuō
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popular fiction;
light literature
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遊戲說
yóu xì shuō
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theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
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遊說
yóu shuì
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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)
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遊說集團
yóu shuì jí tuán
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lobby group
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道聽途說
dào tīng tú shuō
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gossip;
hearsay;
rumor
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達爾文學說
dá ěr wén xué shuō
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Darwinism
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邪說
xié shuō
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harmful teachings;
evil doctrine
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郢書燕說
yǐng shū yān shuō
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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 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
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醜話說在前頭
chǒu huà shuō zài qián tou
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let's talk about the unpleasant things first;
let's be frank
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長篇小說
cháng piān xiǎo shuō
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novel
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長話短說
cháng huà duǎn shuō
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to make a long story short (idiom)
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關說
guān shuō
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to speak for sb;
to intercede for sb;
to lobby illegally
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陳說
chén shuō
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to state;
to assert
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雖說
suī shuō
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though;
although
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