长话短说 cháng huà duǎn shuō

to make a long story short (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 8288th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
长 cháng HSK 2
to grow; to develop; to increase
话 huà HSK 1
speech; talk; conversation
短 duǎn HSK 3
short; brief; to lack
说 shuō HSK 1
to say; to speak; to explain