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話術

简话术 · 繁話術

Mandarin · pinyin huà shù

manipulative talk
(sales) patter
Classifier: 套 tào

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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
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话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
术: shù · art, skill, special feat; method, technique

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4–4 · hua4 shu4

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noun

art of speaking
script or wording used for a specific purpose (e.g. cold calling, sales, etc.)

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