好说歹说
hǎo​shuō​dǎi​shuō

to try to persuade

  • created sense approved 好说歹说/好說歹說 · hǎo​shuō​dǎi​shuō · to try to persuade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    好说歹说 / 好說歹說

    hǎo​shuō​dǎi​shuō

    to try to persuade

    to try every possible way to persuade, reason with, or plead with someone

    好 (literal) → 好 · hǎo · good 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 歹 (literal) → 歹 · dǎi · bad 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense