1 legend

2 folklore

3 to repeat from mouth to mouth

4 they say that...

1 to persuade

1 to say again

2 to put off a discussion until later

3 moreover

4 what's more

5 besides

1 novel

2 fiction

3 classifier: 本 běn

4 classifier: 部 bù

1 it is said that

2 reportedly

1 self-explanatory

2 self-evident (idiom)

1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection

2 without demur

1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)

1 all talk and no action (idiom)

2 to preach what one does not practice