zhòngyīngguànyòngduǎnyù:
  •   zǒng de shuō lái , zhù yào , shǐ zhōng , wán quán   first and last
  • adj.  zǒng de shuō lái , de zuò pǐn cuò , guò zhè piān wén zhāng zāo tòu liǎo .   In general her work has been good, but this essay is dreadful
  • adj.  zǒng de shuō lái , jiào tóng de jiàn .   Generally speaking, I'm inclined to agree with you
  • adj.  zǒng de shuō lái , zàn chéng zhè .   On the whole, I'm in favour of the proposal
  • n.  zǒng de shuō lái , zhè běn shū shì fěng xìng de .   the book is satirical in tone
  •   zǒng de shuō lái shì duì de , dàn cóng jié lái kàn jiù duì liǎo   in the right church but in the wrong pew
  • v.  zǒng tǒng rén zǒng shì zhù tīng shuō de huà .   The President's wife follows his every word
  • indef det  zǒng tǒng gēn shuō duō ?   Did the President say much to you?
  •   zǒng 'ér yán zhī huà [ jiǎn yán zhī , yòng huà lái shuō ]   in a word [short, a few words]
  •   zǒng shuō míng shū   General Specification
  • adj.  qiàdàng de píng lùn , shuō míng , děng   an apposite comment, illustration, example, etc
  • n.  è zuò , guǐ , guǐ , piàn , nào , liáo de huà , shuō , nào , táo   shenanigan
  •   huàn zhòng gǎn mào ( kuā zhāng shuō )   catch one's death (of cold)
  • n.  qíng bào rén yuán bào gào shuō jūn zhèng zài huà dòng xīn gōng shì .   have reported that the enemy is planning a new attack
  • n.  qíng jié , běn , qíng shuō míng , jiǎo běn , diàn yǐng běn , fāng 'àn , diàn yǐng jiǎo běn , qíng shuō míng shū , jìhuà shuō míng shū ,( yīcháng , jǐng ,( diàn yǐngguǎng děngyīcháng ,( chǎng jǐng , jǐng , jǐng , fēng jǐng , xiàn chǎng , chū shì diǎn , qíng jǐng , chǎng miàn , chǎo nào , , chǎo nào de shì jiàn , chǎng suǒ , diǎn , xiǎng dìng , yóu de guān , huò shì mǒu dìng qíng jié   scenario
  • adj.  qíng jié shí fēn jiǎ de xiǎo shuō .   a novel with a very contrived plot