(idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible
murder mystery (novel); whodunit
1. to explain sth over and over again2. to repeat
a martial arts (wuxia) novel
1. popular tradition2. folk legend
(of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
lunatic ravings; nonsense
1. lit. diverse opinions confused and divided (idiom); opinions differ2. controversial matters
novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet
listening, speaking, reading and writing (language skills)
(idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
1. pornographic novel2. dirty book
to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
(but) then again; (but) on the other hand
说干就干 說幹就幹 shuō gàn jiù gàn HSK 7–9 to do what needs to be done, without delay
1. acceptable2. passable3. justifiable4. (of a course of action) to make sense+1 条 Shuowen Jiezi, the earliest systematic Chinese character dictionary, compiled by Xu Shen 许慎[xǔ shèn] in the Eastern Han dynasty (2nd century), containing 10,516 entries
1. to chat about this and that2. to talk about anything and everything
说老实话 說老實話 shuō lǎo shi huà HSK 7–9 1. to be honest2. to tell the truth3. to be frank
to keep one's promise; to mean what one says
1. to do as promised2. to be as good as one's word3. to honor one's word4. to mean what one says+1 条 1. popular fiction2. light literature
1. lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it2. fig. to misinterpret the original meaning3. to pile up errors4. refers to the letter from capital 郢[yǐng] of 楚[chǔ] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[yān] as "promote the wise"+1 条 空口说白话 空口說白話 kōng kǒu shuō bái huà to make empty promises
打开天窗说亮话 打開天窗說亮話 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà (let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush
1. an expression of opinion2. according to some
Fu Shuo (c. 14th century BC), legendary sage and principal minister of Shang ruler Wu Ding
1. to assert categorically2. generally accepted view
(coll.) to think to oneself
(coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert
1. simple introduction2. primer
1. various ideas2. diverse opinions
1. to declare; to state2. to call; to name
1. to say2. to speak3. to talk
1. to hit the nail on the head2. to predict correctly
1. to talk about2. to mention3. (preposition) as for
to make (sb) cry (with one's harsh words)
1. memorandum2. note (i.e. written statement)
1. to say definitely2. to commit (to a proposition)