一言抄百總 yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng

to cut a long story short

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to cut a long story short

Characters

Character Meaning
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech
抄 chāo HSK 5
to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize
百 bǎi HSK 2
hundred; numerous; all kinds of
總 zǒng
overall; total; general