不 如 说

bùrú shuō

“One might say” in Chinese is 不如说 (bùrú shuō).

Meaning

one might say; rather; it would be better to say

Example

与其说汤姆诚实，不如说他聪明。

Tom is more clever than honest.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

bùHSK 14 strokesno; not so rúHSK 26 strokesas shuōHSK 19 strokesto persuade

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