话说 (話說)
huà shuō
Pinyin
Definition
话说 (話說)
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- It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)
- to discuss
- to recount
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 legend
- 2 folklore
- 3 to repeat from mouth to mouth
- 4 they say that...
- 1 liar's dice (dice game)
- 1 to persuade
Idioms (20)
三句话不离本行
- 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不问就听不到假话
- 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
不说自明
- 1 self-explanatory
- 2 self-evident (idiom)
二话不说
- 1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
- 2 without demur
但说无妨
- 1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
Sample Sentences
扯远啦,话说回来,我踏进和我们机构类似的那种前台服务大厅,
It's a long story. Anyways, I walked into the lobby, which was a lot like where I work.
话说回来,你的孩子被抱走了,你后来怎么处理?他们逗一逗就还你了吧?
Getting back to the topic at hand, your child was picked up, so what did you do in the end? Did they give your child back to you after teasing him a little?
敢情你也把我当女汉子啊,不过话说回来,老公真得找个能服软的,不然天天跟你讲道理,干脆认他做兄弟算了。
So you're treating me like a ladette too? But, getting back to the point, my husband really needs to find someone who yields to him, otherwise if I had to reason with you every day I should just team up with him as brothers and be done with it.
哈哈,最好是啦,有人爱上你也说明我眼光好啊,爱笑的女孩呢,运气都不会太差,但话说回来,如果运气不好她怎么笑得出来呢?
Ha ha, a likely story! If someone falls in love with you it means I've got a good eye. Smiley girls never have too much bad luck, but getting back to the matter at hand, if she had such bad luck why would she be smiling?
没错,换句话说,无论你大脑处理到哪一个语言阶段,都必须携带着最深层次的所有词汇信息。甚至我们说了一半却没说完的话,只要大脑帮你从词库里选出了词汇,背后的信息就会一层一层投射出来。
That's right. In other words, no matter what linguistic stage your brain is dealing with, it must bring the deep level data on every item of vocabulary. Even the things we start to say without finishing. The brain only has to help you choose a piece of vocabulary from the repository for the data to be projected on layer after layer in the background.
算了,我也不是斤斤计较的人,话说马上下班了,要不要一起去喝一杯?
Forget it, I’m not one who fusses over small things. I’m about to get off work, would you like to go for a drink?
嗯,话说,你们俩交往多久?
Yeah, tell me, how long have you two been dating?