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無話可說

简无话可说 · 繁無話可說

Mandarin · pinyin wú huà kě shuō

to have nothing to say (idiom)

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無: Look up this written character
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
說: shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
说: shuō · speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

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2–4–3–1 · wu2 hua4 ke3 shuo1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 waa6 ho2 syut3

Cantonese word readings for 無話可說. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(idiomatic) to have nothing to say; to be wordless; can't say anything more — to have no other opinion; to agree
(idiomatic) to have nothing to say; to be wordless; can't say anything more — to have great resentment for unacceptable actions

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