一言以蔽之
Traditional form:
一言以蔽之
Pinyin (reading):
yīyányǐbìzhī
Definitions:
- one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
- in a nutshell
Characters:
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 蔽 - to cover, to hide, to shelter
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
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