| 俗话说 |
sú huà shuō |
as the proverb says / as they say... |
| 俗 |
sú |
custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular |
| 俗话 |
sú huà |
common saying / proverb |
| 话 |
huà |
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:种,席,句,口,番 |
| 话 |
huà |
old variant of 话 |
| 话说 |
huà shuō |
It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss; to recount |
| 说 |
shuì |
to persuade |
| 说 |
shuō |
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说 |
shuō |
variant of 说 |