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也就是说 (也就是說)
  • [yějiùshìshuō]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

也就是说 [yějiùshìshuō]
  1. 1. To join two sentences together to indicate the same meaning of two sentences, with the differences of words, or when the meaning of the latter sentence can be deducted from the former one.
    也就是说,我这几天做得都是无用功了?
    Does that mean all I have done in these days is useless?

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

也就是说 [yějiùshìshuō]
  1. 1. 连接前后两句,表示后一句和前一句意思相近,词语有别,或后一句的意思由前一句推论出来
    我们说话时你在门外,也就是说你听到我们的谈话了。

Examples

我们说话时你在门外,也就是说你听到我们的谈话了。
不用说黄金周期间了,就是平时旅游的人也不少。
别说下雨,就是下刀子我也去。
so to speak
也就是说
that is (to say)
也就是(说)

Word Decomposition


[yě]
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[jiù]
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[shì]
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[shuō]

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