"Brief" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 交代 | jiāo dài | to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end |   |
| 简要 | jiǎn yào | concise / brief | |
| 短促 | duǎn cù | short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice) | |
| 短 |  duǎn | short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault | |
| 短暂 | duǎn zàn | of short duration / brief / momentary | |
| 小结 | xiǎo jié | summary / short / brief / wrap-up | |
| 简短 | jiǎn duǎn | brief (statement, summary etc) / briefly / brevity | |
| 简略 | jiǎn lu:è | simple / brief | |
| 案由 | àn yóu | main points of a case / brief / summary | |
| 跬 | kuǐ | brief / short step | |
| 短简 | duǎn jiǎn | brief | |
| 综合报导 | zōng hé bào dǎo | summary report / press release / brief | |
| 暂短 | zàn duǎn | brief (in time) | |
| 陈述书 | chén shù shū | representation letter (law) / a brief / written statement / declaration | |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit / a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once / suddenly | |
| 简介 | jiǎn jiè | summary / brief introduction | |
| 总之 | zǒng zhī | in a word / in short / in brief | |
| 一言 | yī yán | one sentence / brief remark | |
| 急促 | jí cù | urgent / hurried and brief / rushing | |
| 简报 | jiǎn bào | presentation / briefing / (oral or written) brief report | |
| 简述 | jiǎn shù | to outline / to summarize / to sketch / summary / brief description / concise narrative / in a nutshell / briefly | |
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of / to outline / to sketch / to delineate contours of / to give a brief account of | |
| 简讯 | jiǎn xùn | newsletter / the news in brief / (Tw) SMS message | |
| 总而言之 | zǒng ér yán zhī | in short / in a word / in brief | |
| 当儿 | dāng r | the very moment / just then / during (that brief interval) | |
| 字条 | zì tiáo | brief note | |
| 简史 | jiǎn shǐ | a brief history | |
| 小插曲 | xiǎo chā qǔ | episode / brief interlude | |
| 简明扼要 | jiǎn míng è yào | brief and to the point (idiom) / succinct | |
| 详略 | xiáng lu:è | concise / the details in brief | |
| 面授机宜 | miàn shòu jī yí | (idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue / to advise face-to-face on how to deal with the present situation | |
| 便览 | biàn lǎn | brief guide | |
| 逗 | dòu | to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) | |
| 大题小作 | dà tí xiǎo zuò | to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter | |
| 简短介绍 | jiǎn duǎn jiè shào | brief introduction | |
| 简要介绍 | jiǎn yào jiè shào | brief introduction | |
| 一小阵儿 | yī xiǎo zhèn r | very brief period of time | |
| 三分钟热度 | sān fēn zhōng rè dù | brief period of enthusiasm / flash in the pan | |
| 断想 | duàn xiǎng | brief commentary | |
| 时间简史 | Shí jiān jiǎn shǐ | "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking | |
| 暂息 | zàn xī | a lull (in the storm) / brief break (in rain) | |
| 略释 | lu:è shì | a brief explanation / to summarize | |
| 简括 | jiǎn kuò | brief but comprehensive / compendious | |
| 简略见告 | jiǎn lu:è jiàn gào | brief outline or overview (of a plan etc) | |
| 行状 | xíng zhuàng | (literary) brief obituary / one's past experience / one's past record / Taiwan pr. [xing4 zhuang4] | |
| 要之 | yào zhī | in brief / in a word | |
| 简要世界统计 | World Statistics in Brief | | |
| 环境简报 | huán jìng jiǎn bào | Environment Brief | |
| 联合国简报 | United Nations in Brief | | |
| 审前诉讼要点 | pre-trial brief | | |
| 寸阴 | cùn yīn | a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch) | |
| U凸内裤 | U tū nèi kù | contour pouch brief (men's underwear) | |
| 主诉 | zhǔ sù | (medicine) to complain of / a patient's brief account of their illness / (law) main suit / principal claim | |
| 长话短说 | cháng huà - duǎn shuō | (idiom) to make a long story short / to keep it brief | |
