cháng huà duǎn shuō

Traditional: 長話短說

长话短说 (cháng huà duǎn shuō) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief

Characters in 长话短说

长cháng · long话huà · dialect短duǎn · short说shuì · to persuade

Related words

说to persuade说to speak; to talk; to say说variant of 說|说[shuo1]话dialect话old variant of 話|话[hua4]电话telephone长long长chief打电话to make a telephone call说话to speak听说to hear (sth said)长官senior official

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