一言以蔽之

yī yán yǐ bì zhī

Definitions

1. one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
2. in a nutshell

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Child Words of 一言以蔽之

one

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

to use

one sentence

to cover

words