好说歹说 in English hao3 shuo1 dai3 shuo1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to try one's very best to persuade somebody (idiomatic expression)
  • to reason with somebody in every way possible

Simplified Characters

好 说 歹 说

Traditional Characters

好 說 歹 說

Pinyin

hao3 shuo1 dai3 shuo1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

好hao3good 说shuo1to persuade 歹dai3bad 说shuo1to persuade