jiǎn ér yán zhī

Traditional: 簡而言之

简而言之 (jiǎn ér yán zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “in a nutshell; to put it briefly”.

Meanings

  1. 1in a nutshell
  2. 2to put it briefly

Characters in 简而言之

简jiǎn · simple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之间(after a noun) between; among; amid而已that's all简单simple; not complicated简直simply; really之一one of (sth)而是rather之类and so on

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