zǒng ér yán zhī

Traditional: 總而言之

HSK 7–9

总而言之 (zǒng ér yán zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “in short; in a word; in brief”.

Meanings

  1. 1in short
  2. 2in a word
  3. 3in brief

Characters in 总而言之

总zǒng · (bound form) general; overall而ér · and言yán · words之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

Related words

而and而且(not only ...) but also之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind总(bound form) general; overall总是always之间(after a noun) between; among; amid总统president (of a country)而已that's all之一one of (sth)而是rather

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