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话亭
huà tíng
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telephone booth
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话到嘴边
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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话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
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A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
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话卡
huà kǎ
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calling card (telephone)
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话又说回来
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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话多不甜
huà duō bù tián
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too much talk is a nuisance (idiom)
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话本
huà běn
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Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
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话痨
huà láo
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chatterer
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话旧
huà jiù
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to reminisce
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话茬儿
huà chá r
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erhua variant of 話茬|话茬[hua4 cha2]
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话里套话
huà lǐ tào huà
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to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information;
to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed
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话里有话
huà lǐ yǒu huà
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to have hidden meaning;
implication;
more than just the apparent meaning;
something hinted
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话语权
huà yǔ quán
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ability to have one's say and be listened to;
influence;
clout
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话说回来
huà 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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话虽如此
huà suī rú cǐ
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be that as it may
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说不出话来
shuō bù chū huà lái
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speechless
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说废话
shuō fèi huà
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to talk nonsense;
to bullshit
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说话不当话
shuō huà bù dàng huà
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to fail to keep to one's word;
to break a promise
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说话算数
shuō huà suàn shù
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to keep one's promise;
to mean what one says
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说话算话
shuō huà suàn huà
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to do as promised;
to be as good as one's word;
to honor one's word;
to mean what one says
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说话要算数
shuō huà yào suàn shù
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promises must be kept
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说风凉话
shuō fēng liáng huà
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to sneer;
to make cynical remarks;
sarcastic talk
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讲闲话
jiǎng xián huà
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to gossip;
to make unfavorable comments
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逸话
yì huà
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rumor;
anecdote (not in the official record);
apocryphal story
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过头话
guò tóu huà
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exaggeration
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