简而言之 jiǎn ér yán zhī

DEFINITIONS

  1. in a nutshell
  2. to put it briefly

CHARACTERS

简 jiǎn simple, terse, succinct, a letter
而 ér and; and then; and yet; but
言 yán words, speech; speak, say
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to