好说歹说 — Chinese idiom
好说歹说
hǎo shuō dǎi shuō
Traditional: 好說歹說
Meaning
- to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible
Character by character
- 好hǎogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
- 说shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
- 歹dǎicorpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked
- 说shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
Idioms sharing a character
- 不怀好意 bù huái hǎo yì
- 不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi
- 不识好歹 bù shí hǎo dǎi
- 做好做歹 zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
- 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
- 各有所好 gè yǒu suǒ hào
- 好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó
- 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
- 好梦难成 hǎo mèng nán chéng
- 好奇尚异 hào qí shàng yì
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