{"path":"/entry/904","title":"一言以蔽之 (yī yán yǐ bì zhī) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"一言以蔽之 (yī yán yǐ bì zhī): one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) · to cut a long story short. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":904,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["一言以蔽之"],"TRADITIONAL":["一言以蔽之"]}},"phonetic":"yī yán yǐ bì zhī","phoneticKey":"yi1 yan2 yi3 bi4 zhi1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"one word says it all ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom, from Analects)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to cut a long story short","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"in a nutshell","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":"yì yán yǐ bì zhī"},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子曰：「诗三百，一言以蔽之，曰『思无邪』。」","traditional":"子曰：「詩三百，一言以蔽之，曰『思無邪』。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐyuē: “Shī sānbǎi, yīyán yǐ bì zhī, yuē ‘sīwúxié’.”","english":"The Master said, \"In the Book of Poetry are three hundred pieces, but the design of them all may be embraced in one sentence — 'Having no depraved thoughts.'\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}