| to speak; to say; persuade (politically) | to come | spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said | long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(說來話長) | 說 | 來 | 話 | 長 | |
| simp.(说来话长) | 说 | 来 | 话 | 长 | |
說來話長