粵

一jat1言jin4以ji5蔽bai3之zi1

jat1 jin4 ji5 bai3 zi1yī yán yǐ bì zhī

English

  1. one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. in one sentence
  3. in a nutshell

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用一句説話總結晒

Examples

  • 一言以蔽之,呢個計劃嘅問題就係冇經費。

    In short, the flaw of the project is a lack of funding.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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