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长话短说

cháng huà duǎn shuō

4-character word Traditional 長話短說

What 长话短说 means

1. idiomto make a long story short; to keep it brief

The characters in 长话短说

• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 短duǎnshort; brief; to lack
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off

Example sentences

• 长话短说，她上了禁飞名单，回来时还可能有一架无人飞机跟着我们。
  Chánghuàduǎnshuō, tā shàng le jìn fēi míngdān, huílai shí hái kěnéng yǒu yī jià wúrén fēijī gēnzhe wǒmen.
  Long story short, she’s on the No Fly List and we might have been followed here by drone.