言简意赅
yán jiǎn yì gāi
Pinyin

Definition

言简意赅
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yán jiǎn yì gāi
  1. concise and comprehensive (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中意
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
任意
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
创意
chuàng yì
  1. 1 creative
  2. 2 creativity
在意
zài yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to mind
好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
如意
rú yì
  1. 1 as one wants
  2. 2 according to one's wishes
  3. 3 ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
得意
dé yì
  1. 1 proud of oneself
  2. 2 pleased with oneself
  3. 3 complacent
意味
yì wèi
  1. 1 meaning
  2. 2 implication
  3. 3 flavor
  4. 4 overtone
  5. 5 to mean
  6. 6 to imply
  7. 7 (Tw) to get a sense of
意外
yì wài
  1. 1 unexpected
  2. 2 accident
  3. 3 mishap
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
意思
yì si
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 meaning
  4. 4 wish
  5. 5 desire
  6. 6 interest
  7. 7 fun
  8. 8 token of appreciation, affection etc
  9. 9 CL:個|个[gè]
  10. 10 to give as a small token
  11. 11 to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
意义
yì yì
  1. 1 sense
  2. 2 meaning
  3. 3 significance
  4. 4 importance
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
意见
yì jiàn
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 suggestion
  4. 4 objection
  5. 5 complaint
  6. 6 CL:點|点[diǎn],條|条[tiáo]
意识
yì shí
  1. 1 consciousness
  2. 2 awareness
  3. 3 to be aware
  4. 4 to realize
惬意
qiè yì
  1. 1 satisfied
  2. 2 pleased
  3. 3 contented
故意
gù yì
  1. 1 deliberately
  2. 2 on purpose
有意思
yǒu yì si
  1. 1 interesting
  2. 2 meaningful
  3. 3 enjoyable
  4. 4 fun
注意
zhù yì
  1. 1 to take note of
  2. 2 to pay attention to
满意
mǎn yì
  1. 1 satisfied
  2. 2 pleased
  3. 3 to one's satisfaction
生意
shēng yì
  1. 1 life force
  2. 2 vitality
睡意
shuì yì
  1. 1 sleepiness

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
  2. 2 beyond description
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不言不语
bù yán bù yǔ
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep silent

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