一言以蔽之

yī yán yǐ bì zhī

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 一言以蔽之

一
yī

one

之
zhī

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

以
yǐ

to use

一言
yī yán

one sentence

蔽
bì

to cover

言
yán

words