说（說）shuō

Ⅰ  ❶ （用话表达） speak; talk; say: ～ 得多做得少 talk much but do little; 那未免 ～ 得太轻了。 That's putting it too mildly. 你 ～ 得很对。 What you say is quite true. 请 ～ 慢一点儿。 Please speak more slowly. 俗话 ～ , “吃一堑， 长一智”。 As the saying goes, “A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.” 她能 ～ 德语和法语 , 更不用说英语了。 She can speak German and French, not to speak of English. 他 ～ 个不停。 He talks without stopping. 我认为这些话 ～ 出来不是毫无意义的。 I don't think these words were uttered unmeaningly.
❷ （解释） explain: 他 ～ 了又 ～， 我还是不懂。 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.
❸ (责备； 批评) scold; criticize: 孩子做错了事， 母亲 ～ 了他一顿。 The mother gave her child a scolding for his wrong. Ⅱ  (言论； 主张) theory; teachings; doctrine: 著书立 ～ write books to expound a theory; 异端邪 ～ strange and false doctrine
另见 see also shuì; yuè。
◆说白 spoken parts in an opera；
说不得 unspeakable; unmentionable; scandalous；
说不定 perhaps; maybe；
说不过 unable to outspeak [outdebate]；说不过去 cannot be justified or explained away; have no excuse; hardly justifiable; doesn't make sense；
说不上 cannot say; cannot tell; not worth mentioning；
说曹操， 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.；
说长道短 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；
说长论短 discuss a variety of subjects；
说唱 a genre of popular entertainment consisting mainly of talking and singing, e.g. comic dialogue, dagu, etc.；
说出 take the words out of sb.'s mouth；
说穿 tell what sth. really is; reveal; disclose；
说辞 excuse; plea；
说大话 brag; boast; talk big; draw the long bow; tell exaggerated [invented] stories; talk through one's hat；
说到 mention; speak of; refer to; as to；
说到底 in the final analysis; at bottom；
说到做到 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.；
说道 say；
说得过去 justifiable; passable；
说得来 can get along; be on good terms；
说定 settle; agree on；
说东道西 make all kinds of remarks; chatter away on a variety of things; engage in small talk; random talk；
说短道长 discussion as to who is right and who is wrong；
说法 way of saying a thing; wording; formulation; statement; version; argument；
说服 persuade; convince; prevail on; talk sb. over；
说好 come to an agreement [understanding]；说好说歹 use all means of persuasion；
说和 mediate a settlement; compose a quarrel；
说合 bring two (or more) parties together; talk over; discuss；
说黑道白 practise groundless criticism; criticize others thoughtlessly；
说话 speak; talk; say; chat; talk; gossip; talk；
说黄道黑 tell lies about this and about that；
说谎 tell a lie; lie；
说教 (deliver a) sermon; preach(ing); expound something mechanically；
说客 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；
说来话长 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.；
说理 argue; reason things out; be reasonable；
说溜了嘴 (make) a slip of the tongue; crack the bell — leak out a secret; let the cat out of the bag; inadvertently blurt out；
说媒 act as matchmaker; act as go-between for betrothal；
说梦话 talk in one's dream; talk nonsense; talk in sleep；
说明 explain; illustrate; show; illustration; instruction; explication; specification; interpretation; demonstration; declaration; explanatory notes; explanation; directions; caption；
说起 bring up (subject); begin talking about; as for; with regard to；
说起来 in fact; as a matter of fact；
说亲 act as matchmaker；
说情 plead for mercy for sb.; solicit [ask for] favour on behalf of others; intercede for sb.；
说三道四 make carping [thoughtless] comments on; make irresponsible remarks；
说时迟， 那时快 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；
说书 storytelling；
说死 fix definitely; make it definite；
说头儿 something to talk about; things to discuss; excuse；
说妥 come to an agreement；
说闲话 make idle talk; talk behind sb.'s back；
说项 put in a good word for sb.; intercede for sb.; try to persuade; ask leniency or special consideration；
说笑 chatting and laughing；
说一不二 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；
说着 with this；
说着玩儿 joke；
说嘴 brag; boast; [方] argue; quarrel