(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
trad. 長話短說
Also written 長話短說【cháng huà duǎn shuō】
Characters in this word
4长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
话
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dialect, language, spoken words, speech, talk, words, conversation, what sb said, CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- Pinyin
- huà
- Traditional
- 話
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 516 of 2500
短
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short, brief, to lack, weak point, fault
- Pinyin
- duǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 3410 of 2500
说
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to persuade
- Pinyin
- shuì
- Traditional
- 說
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 19 of 2500