"一言以蔽之" meaning in All languages combined

See 一言以蔽之 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ jiː¹³ pɐi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/, /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ jiː¹³ pɐi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: yīyán yǐ bì zhī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jat¹ jin⁴ ji⁵ bai³ zi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yīyán yǐ bì zhī [Phonetic:yìyán yǐ bì zhī] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yiyán yǐ bì jhih [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], i¹-yen² i³ pi⁴ chih¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yī-yán yǐ bì jr̄ [Mandarin, Yale], iyan yii bih jy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], иянь и би чжи [Mandarin, Palladius], ijanʹ i bi čži [Mandarin, Palladius], yāt yìhn yíh bai jī [Cantonese, Yale], jat⁷ jin⁴ ji⁵ bai³ dzi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yed¹ yin⁴ yi⁵ bei³ ji¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], 'jit ngjon yiX pjiejH tsyi [Middle-Chinese], /*ʔi[t] ŋa[n] ləʔ pe[t]-s tə/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*qliɡ ŋan lɯʔ peds tjɯ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》) Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《論語·爲政》)}} (《論語·爲政》) Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 一言以蔽之
  1. to summarize in a word; in a nutshell Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 一言蔽之 (yīyánbìzhī)
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