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说漏嘴
shuō lòu zuǐ
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to blurt out;
to let slip
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说白了
shuō bái le
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to speak frankly
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说破
shuō pò
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to lay bare (actual facts, secrets etc);
to reveal
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说着玩
shuō zhe wán
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to say sth for fun;
to be kidding;
to joke around
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说着玩儿
shuō zhe wán r
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erhua variant of 說著玩|说着玩[shuo1 zhe5 wan2]
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说葡萄酸
shuō pú tao suān
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sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop);
lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
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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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说说而已
shuō shuō ér yǐ
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nothing serious;
just hot air
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说谎者
shuō huǎng zhě
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liar
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说通
shuō tōng
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to get sb to understand;
to persuade
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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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谴责小说
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，让人家去说
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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辩说
biàn shuō
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to debate;
to argue
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通俗小说
tōng sú xiǎo shuō
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popular fiction;
light literature
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游戏说
yóu xì shuō
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theory of free play (in Kant's philosophy)
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游说集团
yóu shuì jí tuán
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lobby group
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达尔文学说
dá ěr wén xué shuō
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Darwinism
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那还用说
nà hái yòng shuō
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that goes without saying
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郢书燕说
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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丑话说在前头
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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关说
guān shuō
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to speak for sb;
to intercede for sb;
to lobby illegally
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