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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

说是 [shuōshì]
  1. 1. be said to; be supposed to; they say
    说是留学生,可不知道他在哪儿留的学。
    He is said to have studied abroad, but I don't know what country he studied in.
    说是看书,谁知道他看进去没有。

Examples

说是留学生,可不知道他在哪儿留的学。
He is said to have studied abroad, but I don't know what country he studied in. 说是
他那样说是有他的作用的。
He had an axe to grind when he said that. 作用
说是你了。
说是看书,谁知道他看进去没有。 说是
这场大火与其说是天灾,不如说是人祸。 天灾
杰克才学了两年汉语,还不能说是中国通。
你一会儿说是这个,一会儿说是那个,你究竟要我怎么相信你啊? 一会儿
他神秘地给了我两枚硬币,说是他家的传家之宝。
这帮孩子暗度陈仓,说是补课竟然去打游戏了。 暗度陈仓
他今天不高兴, 说是被人编派了。
He is not in a good mood today, because he says he has been ridiculed. 编派

Word Decomposition


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[shì]

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