簡而言之 jiǎn ér yán zhī

DEFINITIONS

  1. in a nutshell
  2. to put it briefly

CHARACTERS

簡 jiǎn simple, terse, succinct; letter
而 ér
HSK 3
and; and then; and yet; but
言 yán
HSK 4
words, speech; speak, say
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to