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Definition(s) for: 欲说还休

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 66,996 37,835

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to wish for
- to desire
- variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
- desire
- appetite
- passion
- lust
- greed
shuì- to persuade
shuō- to speak; to talk; to say
- to explain; to comment
- to scold; to tell off
- (bound form) theory; doctrine
shuō- variant of 說|说[shuo1]
huán- surname Huan
hái- still
- still in progress
- still more
- yet
- even more
- in addition
- fairly
- passably (good)
- as early as
- even
- also
- else
huán- to pay back
- to return
xiū- surname Xiu
xiū- to rest
- to stop doing sth for a period of time
- to cease
- (imperative) don't

Other Words Containing 欲说还休

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo