概而言之

Traditional form:

概而言之

Pinyin (reading):

gài'éryánzhī

Definitions:

• same as 總而言之／总而言之 (zǒng'éryánzhī)

Characters:

• 概 - generally, probably, approximately
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

Traditional characters:

• 概 - generally, probably, approximately
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to