挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 实话实说 實話實說 shí huà shí shuō to tell the truth / to tell it as it is 据实以告 據實以告 jù shí yǐ gào to report according to the facts / to tell the truth / to tell it like it is 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 告诉 告訴 gào su to tell / to inform / to let know syn 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 说话 說話 shuō huà to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories / talk / word syn 难道 難道 nán dào don't tell me ... / could it be that...? syn 言语 言語 yán yu to speak / to tell syn 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end syn 吩咐 fēn fù to tell / to instruct / to command syn 叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn 说实话 說實話 shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly 诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn 外传 外傳 wài chuán to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored 关照 關照 guān zhào to take care / to keep an eye on / to look after / to tell / to remind syn 算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling / to tell fortune 说谎 說謊 shuō huǎng to lie / to tell an untruth syn 辨别 辨別 biàn bié to distinguish / to differentiate / to discern / to recognize / to tell syn 告之 gào zhī to tell sb / to inform 嘱咐 囑咐 zhǔ fù to tell / to exhort / injunction syn 撒谎 撒謊 sā huǎng to tell lies syn 说不上 說不上 shuō bu shàng to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning syn 告状 告狀 gào zhuàng to tell on sb / to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) / to bring a lawsuit syn 细说 細說 xì shuō to tell in detail syn 吐露 tǔ lù to tell / to disclose / to reveal syn 难说 難說 nán shuō hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) / cannot bring oneself to say it syn 知会 知會 zhī huì to inform / to tell / to notify / notification syn 敬告 jìng gào to tell respectfully / to announce reverentially 妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn 看相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features syn 教 jiào religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell syn 妄语 妄語 wàng yǔ to tell lies / to talk nonsense / lies / nonsense syn 搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief syn 告 gào (bound form) to say / to tell / to announce / to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit / to sue syn 扯谎 扯謊 chě huǎng to tell a lie syn 语 語 yú to tell to syn 语 語 yù (literary) to tell / to let (sb) know syn 陈 陳 chén to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale syn 诉 訴 sù to complain / to sue / to tell syn 述 shù (bound form) to state / to tell / to narrate / to relate syn 透 tòu (bound form) to penetrate / to seep through / to tell secretly / to leak / thoroughly / through and through / to appear / to show syn 谂 諗 shěn to know / to reprimand / to urge / to long for / to tell / to inform syn 不知凡几 不知凡幾 bù zhī fán jǐ one can't tell how many / numerous similar cases syn 不识好歹 不識好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi unable to tell good from bad (idiom) / undiscriminating 不足为外人道 不足為外人道 bù zú wéi wài rén dào no use to tell others / let's keep this between ourselves (idiom) 咬人狗儿不露齿 咬人狗兒不露齒 yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) / fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance. 拔毛连茹 拔毛連茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. 搬唇递舌 搬唇遞舌 bān chún dì shé to pass on stories (idiom) / to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales 死无对证 死無對證 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales 篝火狐鸣 篝火狐鳴 gōu huǒ hú míng to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion / an uprising is afoot (idiom) 虚虚实实 虛虛實實 xū xū shí shí hard to tell if it's real or sham 不辨菽麦 不辨菽麥 bù biàn shū mài lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom) / fig. ignorant of practical matters syn 愬 sù complain / sue / tell 晓示 曉示 xiǎo shì to tell / to notify syn 告密者 gào mì zhě tell-tale / informer (esp. to police) / whistleblower / grass 告语 告語 gào yǔ to inform / to tell 告诵 告誦 gào sòng to tell / to inform 好道 hǎo dào don't tell me ... / could it be that...? 打卦 dǎ guà to tell sb's fortune using divinatory trigrams 批命 pī mìng to tell sb's fortune 拔茅茹 bá máo rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. 拔茅连茹 拔茅連茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. 挑拨是非 挑撥是非 tiǎo bō shì fēi to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief 搬口 bān kǒu to pass on stories (idiom) / to sow dissension / to blab / to tell tales 眼见为实，耳听为虚 眼見為實，耳聽為虛 yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself. / It ain't necessarily so. 诉述 訴述 sù shù to narrate / to tell of 认人 認人 rèn rén to recognize people (of babies) / to be able to tell people apart 说得上 說得上 shuō de shàng can be counted or regarded as / to be able to tell or answer / to deserve mention 道出 dào chū to speak / to tell / to voice 隐病不报 隱病不報 yǐn bìng bù bào not to tell others of one's illness 黑白不分 hēi bái bù fēn can't tell black from white (idiom) / unable to distinguish wrong from right 逢人便讲 逢人便講 féng rén biàn jiǎng to tell anybody one happens to meet 偱 xún to tell 天地良心 tiān dì liáng xīn in all honesty / truth to tell 无话不谈 無話不談 wú huà bù tán not to hold anything back (idiom) / (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything 鬼话连篇 鬼話連篇 guǐ huà lián piān to tell one lie after another (idiom) / to talk nonsense / bogus story syn 实不相瞒 實不相瞞 shí bù xiāng mán truth to tell / to be quite honest... 告儿 告兒 gào r (coll.) to tell 看得出 kàn de chū can see / can tell syn 说真的 說真的 shuō zhēn de to tell the truth / honestly / in fact 