总 而 言 之

zǒng'éryánzhī

“In short” in Chinese is 总而言之 (zǒng'éryánzhī).

Meaning

in short
in a word
in brief

Example

总而言之，生命是很短的。

In a word, life is short.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zǒngHSK 39 strokesgeneral; overall érHSK 26 strokesand yánHSK 27 strokeswords zhīHSK 43 strokes(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

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