如果你没好话说,那就什么都别说。
如果你沒好話説,那就什麼都別説。
rú guǒ nǐ méi hǎo huà shuō , nà jiù shén me dōu bié shuō 。
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
Mandarin
咱们要么说汉语,要么就别说话。
咱們要麼説漢語,要麼就別説話。
zán men yào me shuō hàn yǔ , yào me jiù bié shuō huà 。
Let’s either speak Chinese, or not speak at all.
Mandarin
他连字都不会念,更别说写了。
他連字都不會念,更別説寫了。
tā lián zì dōu bù huì niàn , gèng bié shuō xiě le 。
He can't even read, let alone write.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
别说人家的坏话,人家听得懂中文。
別説人家的壞話,人家聽得懂中文。
bié shuō rén jia de huài huà , rén jia tīng de dǒng zhōng wén .
Don't say bad stuff about him. He can understand Chinese.
Mandarin
记者称要每天批发进货100只左右的巴西龟,问档主能不能及时供货?该档主不以为然地回答记者,别说一百只,一千只都可以及时供货。
記者稱要每天批發進貨100只左右的巴西龜,問檔主能不能及時供貨?該檔主不以為然地回答記者,別説一百隻,一千隻都可以及時供貨。
jì zhě chēng yào měi tiān pī fā jìn huò 100 zhī zuǒ yòu de bā xī guī , wèn dàng zhǔ néng bù néng jí shí gōng huò ? gāi dàng zhǔ bù yǐ wéi rán de huí dá jì zhě , bié shuō yī bǎi zhī , yī qiān zhī dōu kě yǐ jí shí gōng huò .
The reporter enquired whether the stall owner was able to supply around 100 red-eared sliders to him daily, and the stall owner casually replied that even 1000 sliders can be supplied daily, let alone 100.
Mandarin
我说老梁呀,照你过去那么个扑棱的方式,别说是再扑棱二十年,你就算扑棱到老死,也是白扑棱呀!
我説老梁呀,照你過去那麼個撲稜的方式,別説是再撲稜二十年,你就算撲稜到老死,也是白撲稜呀!
wǒ shuō lǎo liáng ya , zhào nǐ guò qù nà me ge pū léng de fāng shì , bié shuō shì zài pū léng èr shí nián , nǐ jiù suàn pū léng dào lǎo sǐ , yě shì bái pū léng ya !
I tell you, Old Liang, it's not just about struggling for another twenty years if you struggle in the way you did in the past. Even if you keep struggling until your dying day, your struggles will still be all in vain!