說來

说来
shuōlái

having brought this up; come to speak of it

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Examples

说来听听。

Tell me about it.

Source: Tatoeba

麻烦说来就来。

Trouble began immediately.

Source: Tatoeba

是吗？那说来听听啊！

Well, tell me about it, then!

Well, say it, then!

Source: Tatoeba

说来奇怪，他不知道这个消息。

Strange to say, he didn't know the news.

Source: Tatoeba

說來奇怪，他的預言竟然真的靈驗了。

Strange to say, his prediction has come true.

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Entry Composition

=1 說 shuì to persuade
=1 說 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=1 說 yuè
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
  2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
=1 說 tuō
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
  2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
2 來 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以來 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 chībulái)

Containing this entry

一般說來 yībānshuōlái
  1. generally speaking
  2. in general
說來話長 shuōláihuàcháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly