長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō

to make a long story short (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to make a long story short (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
長 cháng
to grow; to develop; to increase
話 huà
speech; talk; conversation
短 duǎn HSK 3
short; brief; to lack
說 shuō
to say; to speak; to explain