长话短说 meaning in English
(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
Traditional 長話短說33 strokes
Meaning of 长话短说
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
chánghuàduǎnshuō
- (idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief
长话短说 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
长话短说，她上了禁飞名单，回来时还可能有一架无人飞机跟着我们。
Long story short, she’s on the No Fly List and we might have been followed here by drone.
Stroke order for each character
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长 cháng · long · 4 strokes
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话 huà · dialect · 8 strokes
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短 duǎn · short · 12 strokes
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说 shuō · to speak · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 长话短说.
| 电话 | diànhuà | telephone; phone call |
| 说话 | shuōhuà | to speak; to say |
| 打电话 | dǎ diànhuà | to make a telephone call |
| 的话 | dehuà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 听说 | tīngshuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 队长 | duìzhǎng | captain; team leader |
| 说明 | shuōmíng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 讲话 | jiǎnghuà | a speech; to speak |
| 笑话 | xiàohua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
| 小说 | xiǎoshuō | novel; fiction |
| 市长 | shìzhǎng | mayor |
Questions about 长话短说
What does 长话短说 mean?
长话短说 (chánghuàduǎnshuō) means "(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief".
How do you write 长话短说?
长话短说 is made of 4 characters: 长 (4 strokes), 话 (8 strokes), 短 (12 strokes), 说 (9 strokes). That is 33 strokes in total.
How is 长话短说 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 长话短说 is written 長話短說.