话虽如此

Traditional form:

話雖如此

Pinyin (reading):

huàsuīrúcǐ

Definitions:

• be that as it may

Characters:

• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 虽 - although, even though
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 此 - this, these; in this case, then

Traditional characters:

• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 雖 - although, even though
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 此 - this, these; in this case, then