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簡而言之

简 简而言之 · 繁 簡而言之
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎn ér yán zhī

Meanings

  1. in a nutshell
  2. to put it briefly
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簡
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而
ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
言
yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
简
jiǎn · simple, terse, succinct, a letter
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3–2–2–1 · jian3 er2 yan2 zhi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaan2 ji4 jin4 zi1

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gaan2 ji4 jin4 zi1

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adv

  1. in brief; in short; to put it in a nutshell; basically

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