俗話說
ㄙㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄛ
“as the proverb says; as the saying goes; introducing a common saying or folk wisdom”
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俗
ㄙㄨˊ
Common; popular; secular; worldly; coarse; vulgar; custom; convention; habit; practice.
話
ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Speech; language; words; talk; conversation; to speak; to say; to discuss; story; dialect.
說
ㄕㄨㄛ
to speak; to say; to talk; to explain; to discuss; to scold; to tell off; a theory or doctrine; to arrange a marriage
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- 的話˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄨㄚˋif; used after a conditional clause to introduce the consequence or result.
- 說明ㄕㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄥˊto explain; to illustrate; to show; explanation; directions; caption
- 電話ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋtelephone; a device or system for voice communication over distances; a phone call; a phone number.
- 小說ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛa fictional prose narrative of book length; a novel; fiction; a literary work with plot, characters, and theme
- 說話ㄕㄨㄛ ㄏㄨㄚˋto speak; to talk; to say; words or speech; (historical) a Tang–Song storytelling art; blame; matter, affair
- 說法ㄕㄨㄛ ㄈㄚˇway of speaking; wording; one's version of events; statement; theory; interpretation; (Buddhism) to expound Buddhist teachings
- 說道ㄕㄨㄛ ㄉㄠˋto say; to state (the quoted words); to discuss; reason behind something
- 對話ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋconversation; dialogue; a talk between two or more people; formal discussions or negotiations between governments or parties that have not previously been in contact
- 聽說ㄊㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄛto hear (that); to be told; hearsay; listening and speaking
- 笑說ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄛto say with a smile; to say jokingly; to remark laughingly.
- 打電話ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋto make a telephone call; to call someone on the phone; to ring someone up
- 話題ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄧˊsubject of a talk or conversation; topic; the focus of a discussion