created sense approved 话说/話說 · huàshuō · it is said that — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
话说 / 話說
huàshuō
it is said that
Opening phrase used in traditional storytelling and novels to start a narrative or a new chapter, meaning "the story goes that...".
话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · to talk about 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · storytelling
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created sense approved 话说/話說 · huàshuō · to discuss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
话说 / 話說
huàshuō
to discuss
To talk about or recount; to describe or introduce a subject (often used in titles or to launch a topic)
话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · to talk about 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition