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说法

shuō fǎ · shuo fa/shuō fa · shuo fa

Traditional 說法

HSK 5

Meaning

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shuō fǎ 說法

  1. to expound Buddhist teachings

shuō fa 說法

  1. way of speaking
  2. wording
  3. formulation
  4. one's version (of events)
  5. statement
  6. theory
  7. hypothesis
  8. interpretation
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A saying about tea

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)听到(tīngdào)一个(yīgè)说法(shuōfǎ)：喝茶(hēchá)会(huì)变(biàn)聪明(cōngming)。

    I heard a saying: drinking tea makes you smart.

  2. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)说法(shuōfǎ)是(shì)真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？

    Is this saying true?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)朋友(péngyou)说(shuō)，他(tā)喝了(hēle)一年(yīnián)茶(chá)。

    My friend says he drank tea for a year.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)他(tā)变(biàn)聪明(cōngming)了(le)吗(ma)？

    So did he get smart?

  5. Liangliang

    没有(méiyǒu)，他(tā)只是(zhǐshì)晚上(wǎnshang)睡不着(shuìbùzháo)了(le)。

    No. He just can't sleep at night now.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)说(shuō)法(fǎ)其(qí)实(shí)有(yǒu)点(diǎn)可(kě)疑(yí)。

This statement is actually kind of suspicious.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by francaisr0wlet · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

关(guān)于(yú)这(zhè)件(jiàn)事(shì)，大(dà)家(jiā)的(de)说(shuō)法(fǎ)不(bú)太(tài)一(yí)样(yàng)。

Everyone has a somewhat different account of this matter.

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