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概括 gài kuò to summarize / to generalize / briefly / in broad outline
简短 jiǎn duǎn brief (statement, summary etc) / briefly / brevity
简述 jiǎn shù to outline / to summarize / to sketch / summary / brief description / concise narrative / in a nutshell / briefly
略略 lu:è lu:è slightly / roughly / briefly / very generally
简言之 jiǎn yán zhī in simple terms / to put things simply / briefly
简而言之 jiǎn ér yán zhī in a nutshell / to put it briefly
点 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items
周作人 Zhōu Zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
涮 shuàn to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
炝 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further
涮锅子 shuàn guō zi hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
简单地 jiǎn dān de briefly / simply
一笔带过 yī bǐ dài guò (idiom) to mention only very briefly / to skate over (a topic)
一笔带过 yī bǐ - dài guò (idiom) to mention only very briefly / to skate over (a topic)
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