愣说

to insist / to allege / to assert

(coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert

to look distracted / to stare blankly / distracted / blank / (coll.) unexpectedly / rash / rashly

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