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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
卻說 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
卻說 =
ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄕㄨㄛ · quèshuō
verb-phrase — "now, it is told that …"; a classic-novel narrator's opener that picks the story back up

字源 FORM — what the parts do

however, on the other hand (卻是)què
to tell, to say (說話)shuō
卻說,卻是的卻,說話的說。
關 · Related
huàshuōthe twin opener of old novelsqiěshuōthe same narrator's move