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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
fan fiction
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom) / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering / sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
strictly speaking
explanatory diagram
geocentric theory
(idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb / to reason with sb in every way possible
if / if one were to say
to talk irresponsibly / ridiculous presumption talk
to assert categorically / generally accepted view
as far as I'm concerned
flash fiction
Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit.
inaugural speech
as the saying goes / as they say...
roman à clef
flash fiction
(coll.) to think to oneself
tales of the supernatural (genre of fiction)
Why is that? / How come?
(coll.) to insist / to allege / to assert
not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
accepted theory or formulation
dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest
period costume drama (on TV)
(let's) not mince words / (let's) not beat about the bush
prospectus
to get scolded
murder mystery (novel) / whodunit
to plead / to claim as an excuse
heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
to speak plainly / to speak one's mind / to say directly
to call sth as it is (idiom)
having unspeakable bitter suffering / (often used after 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连[])
spit it out!
to speak one's mind
talking and laughing / to jest / cheerful and lively
flash fiction
to explain sth over and over again / to repeat
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