Chinese Character Dictionary

误打误撞

wù dă wù zhuàng

accidentally

误会

wù huì

to misunderstand

误机

wù jī

to miss a plane

误杀

wù shā

to mistakenly kill

误用

wù yòng

to misuse

误看

wù kàn

a mistake

误解

wù jiĕ

to misunderstand

误读

wù dú

erroneous reading (of character)

误车

wù chē

to miss (bus, train etc)

误点

wù diăn

not on time

诰

gào

to enjoin

诵

sòng

to read aloud

诵经

sòng jīng

to chant the sutras

诵读

sòng dú

to read aloud

誧

pŭ

huge

诲

huì

to teach

诲人不倦

huì rén bù juàn

instructing with tireless zeal (idiom, from Analects)

诲淫

huì yín

to stir up lust

诲淫性

huì yín xìng

licentious

诲淫诲盗

huì yín huì dào

to promote sex and violence

说

shuì

to persuade

说一不二

shuō yī bù èr

to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word

说三道四

shuō sān dào sì

to make thoughtless remarks (idiom)

说上

shuō shàng

to say

说不上

shuō bu shàng

to be unable to say or tell

说不出

shuō bu chū

unable to say

说不出话来

shuō bù chū huà lái

speechless

说不定

shuō bu dìng

can't say for sure

说不准

shuō bù zhŭn

unable to say

说不通

shuō bù tōng

it does not make sense

说了算

shuō le suàn

to have the final say

说来话长

shuō lái huà cháng

start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly

说出

shuō chū

to speak out

说到做到

shuō dào zuò dào

to be as good as one's word (idiom)

说合

shuō hé

to bring together

说唱

shuō chàng

spoken and sung

说嘴

shuō zuĭ

to boast

说好

shuō hăo

to come to an agreement

说媒

shuō méi

matchmaking

说定

shuō dìng

to agree on

说客

shuì kè

(old) itinerant political adviser

说实话

shuō shí huà

to speak the truth

说岳全传

shuō Yuè quán zhuàn

"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yuè Fēi]

说帖

shuō tiĕ

memorandum

说废话

shuō fèi huà

to talk nonsense

说得上

shuō de shàng

can be counted or regarded as

说情

shuō qíng

to intercede

说摞

shuō luò

to confess

说教

shuō jiào

to preach

说文

Shuō wén

see 說文解字|说文解字[Shuō wén Jiĕ zì]

说文解字

Shuō wén Jiĕ zì

Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,16 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xŭ Shèn] in 2nd century

说文解字注

Shuō wén Jiĕ zì Zhù

Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (181) by Duan Yucai 段玉裁[Duàn Yù cái]

说明

shuō míng

to explain

说明书

shuō míng shū

(technical) manual

说明会

shuō míng huì

information meeting

说是一回事，做又是另外一回事

shuō shì yī huí shì , zuò yòu shì lìng wài yī huí shì

Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)

说是一回事，而做又是另外一回事

shuō shì yī huí shì , ér zuò yòu shì lìng wài yī huí shì

see 說是一回事，做又是另外一回事|说是一回事，做又是另外一回事[shuō shì yī huí shì , zuò yòu shì lìng wài yī huí shì]

说时迟，那时快

shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài

(idiom) no sooner said than done

说书

shuō shū

folk art consisting of story-telling to music

说曹操曹操就到

shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào

lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives