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简而言之

jiǎn ér yán zhī
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Definitions

  1. 1. in a nutshell
  2. 2. to put it briefly

Child Words of 简而言之

之
zhī

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

而
ér

and

简
jiǎn

simple

而言
ér yán

(typically preceded by 就…[jiù xx5] or 對…|对…[duì xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...

言
yán

words