话说

Traditional form:

話說

Pinyin (reading):

huàshuō

Definitions:

• It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)
• to discuss; to recount

Characters:

• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid

Traditional characters:

• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid