话说回来

Traditional form:

話說回來

Pinyin (reading):

huàshuōhuílai

Definitions:

• (but) then again; (but) on the other hand

Characters:

• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on