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Meaning of 一言以蔽之

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yán zhī
one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short; in a nutshell
Example Sentences
1
There is one word for this father's disappointment: unfair.
2
Over the next four years, Apollo taught us what it means to be human: in a word, restless.
3
The surprising reply of the creator to his characters, of Do-stoevsky to Kirilov, can indeed be summed up thus: existence is illusory and it is eternal.
4
"Einstein claimed that the speed of light was the traffic law of the universe or in simple language, nothing can travel faster than light," the university said on its website.
5
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My mother still thinks a good girl, an ideal daughter, should be simple and natural, meaning no makeup, no eye-catching outfits, in a word, nothing unconventional.