戏说 (戲說)
xì shuō
Pinyin

Definition

戏说 (戲說)
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xì shuō
  1. dramatic form consisting of historical narration
  2. history as jocular narrative
  3. to stretch history for a joking story
  4. amusing story with strained interpretations of history
  5. to make an unreasonable comparison in jest

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 classifier: 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
小说
xiǎo shuō
  1. 1 novel
  2. 2 fiction
  3. 3 classifier: 本 běn
  4. 4 classifier: 部 bù

Idioms (20)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
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)
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