话又说回来 and 话是这么说: then again, that may be so, but

Examples

• Listen 这家店的东西是贵了点。不过话又说回来，一分钱一分货，用料确实好。

  这家店的东西是贵了点。不过话又说回来，一分钱一分货，用料确实好。

  Zhè jiā diàn de dōngxi shì guì le diǎn. Búguò huà yòu shuō huílái, yì fēn qián yì fēn huò, yòngliào quèshí hǎo.

  The things in this shop are a bit pricey. Then again, you get what you pay for, and the materials really are good.

• Listen 租金确实该涨，物价都涨了嘛。话又说回来，也不能一下子涨这么多。

  租金确实该涨，物价都涨了嘛。话又说回来，也不能一下子涨这么多。

  Zūjīn quèshí gāi zhǎng, wùjià dōu zhǎng le ma. Huà yòu shuō huílái, yě bù néng yíxiàzi zhǎng zhème duō.

  The rent does have to go up, prices are rising everywhere. That said, it cannot jump this much all at once.

• Listen 老师总说“失败是成功之母”。话是这么说，可连续失败三次，谁都会灰心。

  老师总说“失败是成功之母”。话是这么说，可连续失败三次，谁都会灰心。

  Lǎoshī zǒng shuō “shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ”. Huà shì zhème shuō, kě liánxù shībài sān cì, shéi dōu huì huīxīn.

  The teacher always says "failure is the mother of success". True enough, but after three failures in a row anyone would lose heart.

• Listen 医生说得很明白，这个病不好治。话又说回来，也不能因为生病就失去希望。

  医生说得很明白，这个病不好治。话又说回来，也不能因为生病就失去希望。

  Yīshēng shuō de hěn míngbai, zhège bìng bù hǎo zhì. Huà yòu shuō huílái, yě bù néng yīnwèi shēngbìng jiù shīqù xīwàng.

  The doctor was quite clear that this illness is hard to treat. Then again, being ill is no reason to lose hope.

• Listen 现在的年轻人压力确实大。但话又说回来，哪一代人没有自己的难处呢？

  现在的年轻人压力确实大。但话又说回来，哪一代人没有自己的难处呢？

  Xiànzài de niánqīngrén yālì quèshí dà. Dàn huà yòu shuō huílái, nǎ yí dài rén méiyǒu zìjǐ de nánchù ne?

  Young people today really are under a lot of pressure. But then again, which generation has not had its own troubles?

• Listen “你就收下吧，人家也是一片好意。”“话是这么说，可这么贵重的礼物，我实在不好意思收。”

  “你就收下吧，人家也是一片好意。”“话是这么说，可这么贵重的礼物，我实在不好意思收。”

  “Nǐ jiù shōuxià ba, rénjia yě shì yí piàn hǎoyì.” “Huà shì zhème shuō, kě zhème guìzhòng de lǐwù, wǒ shízài bù hǎoyìsi shōu.”

  "Just take it, they mean well." "True, but such an expensive present, I would really feel awkward accepting it."