说

to persuade

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

variant of 說|说[shuo1]

to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine

surname Dui

to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

generally speaking

needless to say; it goes without saying

needless to say / it goes without saying

not to mention / leaving aside

generally speaking / in general

to allow no explanation

self-explanatory / self-evident (idiom)

thus

A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]

strictly speaking

let's talk about the unpleasant things first / let's be frank

hard to say; can't be sure / difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say

needless to say; it goes without saying

goes without saying; obvious; self-evident

let's talk about the unpleasant things first; let's be frank

lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)

an expression of opinion / according to some

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

hard to say / unpleasant to say / can't be sure

needless to say / it goes without saying