說(說)shuō
Ⅰ ? ? (用話表達) speak; talk; say: ~ 得多做得少 talk much but do little; 那未免 ~ 得太輕了。 That's putting it too mildly. 你 ~ 得很對。 What you say is quite true. 請 ~ 慢一點兒。 Please speak more slowly. 俗話 ~ , “吃一塹, 長一智”。 As the saying goes, “A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.” 她能 ~ 德語和法語 , 更不用說英語了。 She can speak German and French, not to speak of English. 他 ~ 個不停。 He talks without stopping. 我認為這些話 ~ 出來不是毫無意義的。 I don't think these words were uttered unmeaningly.
? (解釋) explain: 他 ~ 了又 ~, 我還是不懂。 He explained and explained, but I still couldn't understand. 我一 ~ 他就明白了。 I told him how and he caught on at once.
? (責備; 批評) scold; criticize: 孩子做錯了事, 母親 ~ 了他一頓。 The mother gave her child a scolding for his wrong. Ⅱ ? (言論; 主張) theory; teachings; doctrine: 著書立 ~ write books to expound a theory; 異端邪 ~ strange and false doctrine
另見 see also shuì; yuè。
◆說白 spoken parts in an opera;
說不得 unspeakable; unmentionable; scandalous;
說不定 perhaps; maybe;
說不過 unable to outspeak [outdebate];說不過去 cannot be justified or explained away; have no excuse; hardly justifiable; doesn't make sense;
說不上 cannot say; cannot tell; not worth mentioning;
說曹操, 曹操就到 Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.; Talk of the devil and he will appear.; Speak of angels and you hear their songs.; Speak of angels, and you will hear their wings.; Speak of the devil, and here he appears.;
說長道短 indulge in idle gossip; backbite people; gossip about people behind their backs; gossip idly; make captious comments; random talk; speak ill of a person who is absent;
說長論短 discuss a variety of subjects;
說唱 a genre of popular entertainment consisting mainly of talking and singing, e.g. comic dialogue, dagu, etc.;
說出 take the words out of sb.'s mouth;
說穿 tell what sth. really is; reveal; disclose;
說辭 excuse; plea;
說大話 brag; boast; talk big; draw the long bow; tell exaggerated [invented] stories; talk through one's hat;
說到 mention; speak of; refer to; as to;
說到底 in the final analysis; at bottom;
說到做到 suit the action to the word; act on what one says; act as one says; be as good as one's word; be truthful in speech and firm in action; do what one says; live up to one's words; match one's deeds to one's words; match one's words with deeds; One's deeds square with one's word; practise what one preach ̄es; whatever one professes, he does.;
說道 say;
說得過去 justifiable; passable;
說得來 can get along; be on good terms;
說定 settle; agree on;
說東道西 make all kinds of remarks; chatter away on a variety of things; engage in small talk; random talk;
說短道長 discussion as to who is right and who is wrong;
說法 way of saying a thing; wording; formulation; statement; version; argument;
說服 persuade; convince; prevail on; talk sb. over;
說好 come to an agreement [understanding];說好說歹 use all means of persuasion;
說和 mediate a settlement; compose a quarrel;
說合 bring two (or more) parties together; talk over; discuss;
說黑道白 practise groundless criticism; criticize others thoughtlessly;
說話 speak; talk; say; chat; talk; gossip; talk;
說黃道黑 tell lies about this and about that;
說謊 tell a lie; lie;
說教 (deliver a) sermon; preach(ing); expound something mechanically;
說客 person often sent to win sb. over or enlist his support through persuasion; persuasive talker; one who undertakes to “sell an idea”; hired agent to speak for sb.; lobbist;
說來話長 dwell on it at greater length; cannot explain all that in just a few words; It's a long story to tell.; It would take too long to tell that in full.; Thereby hangs a tale.;
說理 argue; reason things out; be reasonable;
說溜了嘴 (make) a slip of the tongue; crack the bell — leak out a secret; let the cat out of the bag; inadvertently blurt out;
說媒 act as matchmaker; act as go-between for betrothal;
說夢話 talk in one's dream; talk nonsense; talk in sleep;
說明 explain; illustrate; show; illustration; instruction; explication; specification; interpretation; demonstration; declaration; explanatory notes; explanation; directions; caption;
說起 bring up (subject); begin talking about; as for; with regard to;
說起來 in fact; as a matter of fact;
說親 act as matchmaker;
說情 plead for mercy for sb.; solicit [ask for] favour on behalf of others; intercede for sb.;
說三道四 make carping [thoughtless] comments on; make irresponsible remarks;
說時遲, 那時快 quicker than words can tell; in a twinkling; before you can say knife; before one knows where he is; at a snap; the very moment;
說書 storytelling;
說死 fix definitely; make it definite;
說頭兒 something to talk about; things to discuss; excuse;
說妥 come to an agreement;
說閑話 make idle talk; talk behind sb.'s back;
說項 put in a good word for sb.; intercede for sb.; try to persuade; ask leniency or special consideration;
說笑 chatting and laughing;
說一不二 mean what one says; He is a man of his word.; He is as good as his word.; never make a promise one cannot keep; say one and it never becomes two — one never changes his words; stand by one's word;
說著 with this;
說著玩兒 joke;
說嘴 brag; boast; [方] argue; quarrel
說yuè
Ⅰ 同 “悅” [yuè] same as “悅” [yuè] Ⅱ ? (姓氏) a surname: ~ 武 Yue Wu
另見 see also shuì; shuō。
說shui
persuasive rhetoric,persuasions; rhetorical anecdote
說
speak;talk;explain
這個問題~小也小,~大也大。The issue may be a big or a small one,depending on how you look at it./~假話utter falsehoods/~老實話call a spade a spade;say sth as it is;say it like it is;be frank/~清道理explain things clearly