游说
yóu shuì
Pinyin

Definition

游说
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yóu shuì
  1. to lobby
  2. to campaign
  3. to promote (an idea, a product)
  4. (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

传说
chuán shuō
  1. 1 legend
  2. 2 folklore
  3. 3 to repeat from mouth to mouth
  4. 4 they say that...
说
shuì
  1. 1 to persuade
游戏
yóu xì
  1. 1 game
  2. 2 CL:場|场[chǎng]
  3. 3 to play
再说
zài shuō
  1. 1 to say again
  2. 2 to put off a discussion until later
  3. 3 moreover
  4. 4 what's more
  5. 5 besides
出游
chū yóu
  1. 1 to go on a tour
  2. 2 to have an outing
梦游
mèng yóu
  1. 1 to sleepwalk
  2. 2 to journey in a dream
导游
dǎo yóu
  1. 1 tour guide
  2. 2 guidebook
  3. 3 to conduct a tour
小说
xiǎo shuō
  1. 1 novel
  2. 2 fiction
  3. 3 CL:本[běn],部[bù]
据说
jù shuō
  1. 1 it is said that
  2. 2 reportedly
旅游
lu:3 yóu
  1. 1 trip
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 tourism
  4. 4 travel
  5. 5 tour
  6. 6 to travel
漫游
màn yóu
  1. 1 to travel around
  2. 2 to roam
  3. 3 (mobile telephony) roaming
无话可说
wú huà kě shuō
  1. 1 to have nothing to say (idiom)
环游
huán yóu
  1. 1 to travel around (the world, a country etc)
网游
wǎng yóu
  1. 1 online game
  2. 2 abbr. for 網絡遊戲|网络游戏
听说
tīng shuō
  1. 1 to hear (sth said)
  2. 2 one hears (that)
  3. 3 hearsay
  4. 4 listening and speaking
西游记
Xī yóu Jì
  1. 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
  2. 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
解说
jiě shuō
  1. 1 to explain
  2. 2 to comment
诉说
sù shuō
  1. 1 to recount
  2. 2 to tell of
  3. 3 to relate
  4. 4 (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
说不定
shuō bu dìng
  1. 1 can't say for sure
  2. 2 maybe
说出
shuō chū
  1. 1 to speak out
  2. 2 to declare (one's view)

Idioms (20)

不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
  1. 1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
  2. 2 without demur
但说无妨
dàn shuō wú fáng
  1. 1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
光说不做
guāng shuō bù zuò
  1. 1 all talk and no action (idiom)
  2. 2 to preach what one does not practice
光说不练
guāng shuō bù liàn
  1. 1 all talk and no action (idiom)
  2. 2 to preach what one does not practice
  3. 3 same as 光說不做|光说不做[guāng shuō bù zuò]
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
口说无凭
kǒu shuō wú píng
  1. 1 (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement
  2. 2 just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
好说歹说
hǎo shuō dǎi shuō
  1. 1 to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom)
  2. 2 to reason with sb in every way possible
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
散兵游勇
sǎn bīng yóu yǒng
  1. 1 lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
是啥说啥
shì shá shuō shá
  1. 1 call a spade a spade (idiom)
无话可说
wú huà kě shuō
  1. 1 to have nothing to say (idiom)
众说纷揉
zhòng shuō fēn róu
  1. 1 lit. diverse opinions confused and divided (idiom); opinions differ
  2. 2 controversial matters
众说纷纭
zhòng shuō fēn yún
  1. 1 opinions differ (idiom)
睁眼说瞎话
zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà
  1. 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk drivel
睁着眼睛说瞎话
zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà
  1. 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk drivel
站着说话不腰疼
zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng
  1. 1 it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an armchair expert
  3. 3 to blabber on

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