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一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
What 一言以蔽之 means
- one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
- in a nutshell
The characters in 一言以蔽之
- 一yīone; single; a (article)
- 言yánwords; speech; to say
- 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
- 蔽bìto cover; to shield; to screen
- 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
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