English → Chinese
tale
/BrE teɪl 
, AmE teɪl /
noun
1 (story) 故事;
a folk tale 民间传说;
to tell a tale 讲故事;
a cautionary tale 警示;
to tell the same/another tale figurative 情况相同／矛盾;
thereby hangs a tale 说来话长;
dead men tell no tales proverb 死人不会说话;
to tell its own tale 不言自明;
recent events tell their own tale 新近发生的事一目了然;
a likely tale! informal 鬼才信呢！ informal
2 (piece of hearsay or gossip) 流言;
to tell tales out of school 背后说长道短