Word: 好話 (hǎohuà)

好話 is how 好话 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 好话

好話 dictionary entry

hǎohuà: friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions

Full dictionary entry for 好話

Example sentences using 好話

6 sentences, showing page 1 of 1.

十句好話頂不上一句醜話

shí jù hǎohuà dǐng bú shàng yíjù chǒuhuà

ten kind words don't outweigh one ugly word
好話不在多說，有理不在聲高

hǎohuà bú zài duō shuō, yǒulǐ bú zài shēng gāo

good words aren't in saying a lot; being right isn't in a loud voice
好話傳仨人，有頭少了身；壞話傳仨人，有葉又有根

hǎohuà chuán sā rén, yǒu tóu shǎole shēn; huàihuà chuán sā rén, yǒu Yè yòu yǒu gēn

good words passed through three people have a head but lose the body; bad words passed through three people have leaves as well as roots
好話當不了飯吃

hǎohuà dàng bù liǎo fàn chī

nice words can't be eaten as food
好話說三遍，聾子也心煩

hǎohuà shuō sān biàn, lóngzi yě xīnfán

say good words three times and even a deaf man gets annoyed
話激話,沒好話

huà jī huà,méi hǎohuà

words provoking words, no good words