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话说
/ huàshuō /
Strokes
Definition
It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)/to discuss/to recount
Example
As a Verb
［usu used to begin a story］ it goes like this...; the story says...
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Huàshuō
话说
sānguó
三国
shíqī
时期
It is said that during the period of the Three Kingdoms ...