shuō​cí

excuse

说辞 說辭 shuō​cí
excuse
(colloquial) an excuse or pretext used to avoid something or to explain oneself; words used for justification
persuasion
(literary) words used for lobbying or persuading others
rhetoric
(literary) speech; language; the way in which one expresses ideas are expressed

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.77 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.07 per million

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