总而言之 zǒng’éryánzhī To make a long story short

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Traditional: 總而言之

Stroke order

总而言之 is written in 25 strokes across 4 characters.

总而言之 — the Chinese character for To make a long story short (zǒng’éryánzhī), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 总而言之 — To make a long story short

总 — 9 strokes
而 — 6 strokes
言 — 7 strokes
之 — 3 strokes

Senses

in short
in a word
in brief

Characters in 总而言之

总 zǒng — (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
而 ér — and; as well as; and so
言 yán — words; speech; to say
之 zhī — him; her; it

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

总而言之 is pronounced zǒng’éryánzhī and means “To make a long story short”.

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