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话 huà dialect language spoken words speech talk words conversation what sb said CL: 種 or 种 [ zhong3 ] , 席 [ xi2 ] , 句 [ ju4 ] , 口 [ kou3 ] , 番 [ fan1 ]  
话剧 huà jù stage play modern drama CL: 臺 or 台 [ tai2 ] , 部 [ bu4 ]  
话卡 huà kă calling card (telephone)  
话题 huà tí subject (of a talk or conversation) topic  
话语 huà yŭ words speech utterance discourse  
胡适 Hú Shì Hu Shi (1891-1962) , original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文 or 白话文  
话本 huà bĕn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories  
话别 huà bié to say good-bye to bid sb farewell  
话茬 huà chá tone of voice topic subject under discussion  
话费 huà fèi call charge  
话旧 huà jiù to reminisce  
话痨 huà láo chatterer  
话梅 huà méi plum candy preserved plum  
话头 huà tóu subject (under discussion) thread (of an argument)  
话音 huà yīn one's speaking voice tone implication  
希神 Xī shén Greek mythology abbr. for 希臘神話 or 希腊神话 [ Xi1 la4 shen2 hua4 ]  
韵白 yùn bái form of rhymed baihua 白话 in Beijing opera  
韵白 yùn bái form of rhymed baihua 白话 in Beijing opera  
话柄 huà bĭng a pretext for gossip a matter for derision  
话锋 huà fēng topic under discussion thread of discussion  
话说 huà shuō It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) to discuss to recount  
话筒 huà tŏng microphone (telephone) receiver handset  
闲话 xián huà variant of 閒話 or 闲话 digression gossip complaint scandal CL: 段 [ duan4 ]  
闲话 xián huà variant of 閒話 or 闲话 digression gossip complaint scandal CL: 段 [ duan4 ]  
象话 xiàng huà proper also written 像話 or 像话  
话茬儿 huà chár erhua variant of 話茬 or 话茬 [ hua4 cha2 ]  
话匣子 huà xiá zi phonograph or radio (old term) chatterbox talkative person  
石玉昆 Shí Yù kūn Shi Yukun (probably c. 1810-c. 1871) , Qing pinghua 評話 or 评话 master storyteller  
话务员 huà wù yuán phone operator  
不象话 bù xiàng huà unreasonable shocking outrageous also written 不像話 or 不像话  
话虽如此 huà suīrú cĭ be that as it may  
三侠五义 Sān xiá wŭ yì Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one) , novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話 or 评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆  
话里套话 huà lĭ tào huà to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed  
话里有话 huà lĭ yŏu huà to have hidden meaning implication more than just the apparent meaning something hinted  
话多不甜 huà duō bù tián too much talk is a nuisance (idiom)  
古今小说 Gŭ jīn xiăo shuō Tales old and new by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍 or 冯梦龙 , collection of late Ming baihua 白話 or 白话 tales  
话到嘴边 huà dào zuĭ biān to be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind  
话说回来 huà shuō huí lai returning to our main topic , ... that said , ... again , ... in this connection in passing nevertheless , ... anyhow  
话中有刺 huà zhōng yŏu cì hidden barbs in one's words hostile subtext  
话中有话 huà zhōng yŏu huà overtones in conversation things indirectly implied from what is said  
话又说回来 huà yòu shuō huí lai returning to our main topic , ... that said , ... again , ... in this connection in passing nevertheless , ... anyhow  
话不投机半句多 huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō when words get sour , adding words is useless (idiom)  
兔子不吃窝边草 tù zi bù chī wō biān căo A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (俗话 common saying); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.  
车到山前必有路 chē dào shān qián bì yŏu lù When we get to the mountain , there'll be a way through (俗话 common saying). fig. Everything will turn out for the best. Let's worry about it when it happens. It will be all right on the night. cf couplet 車到山前必有路 , 船到橋頭自然直 or 车到山前必有路 , 船到桥头自然直  
车到山前自有路 chē dào shān qián zì yŏu lù When we get to the mountain , there'll be a way through (俗话 common saying). fig. Everything will turn out for the best. Let's worry about it when it happens. It will be all right on the night. cf couplet 車到山前必有路 , 船到橋頭自然直 or 车到山前必有路 , 船到桥头自然直  
话到嘴边留三分 huà dào zuĭ biān liú sān fēn A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)  
船到桥头自然直 chuán dào qiáo tóu zìrán zhí When the boat gets to the pier-head , it will go straight with the current (俗话 common saying). fig. Everything will be all right. cf couplet 車到山前必有路 , 船到橋頭自然直 or 车到山前必有路 , 船到桥头自然直  







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