"Briefly" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 概括 | gài kuò | to summarize / to generalize / briefly / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 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 | |
| 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 stir-fry then cook with sauce and water / to boil food briefly then dress with soy etc / to choke / to irritate (throat etc) | |
| 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) | |
