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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

说了算

shuōlesuàn

to have the final say

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to have the final say

02

to be the one in charge

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 说了算 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 说了算 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

关里乱随他乱,关外老子说了算。guān lǐ luàn suí tā luàn, guān wài lǎo zi shuō le suàn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

任何争辩总是女方说了算。男方此后提的下一句话才是新争辩的开头。rèn hé zhēng biàn zǒng shì nǚ fāng shuō le suàn。 nán fāng cǐ hòu tí de xià yī jù huà cái shì xīn zhēng biàn de kāi tóu。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 说了算.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 说了算.

Directly before

  • 女方说了算1
  • 老子说了算1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 说了算

What does 说了算 mean in Chinese?

说了算 (shuōlesuàn) means to have the final say.

How do you pronounce 说了算?

说了算 is pronounced shuōlesuàn.

Is 说了算 an HSK word?

说了算 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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