一言以蔽之
Chinese
one sentence; something to say; brief remark | to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) |
to cover; to shield; to screen to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal |
's; him/her/it; this | ||
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trad. (一言以蔽之) | 一言 | 以 | 蔽 | 之 | |
simp. #(一言以蔽之) | 一言 | 以 | 蔽 | 之 |
Alternative forms
- 一言蔽之 (yīyánbìzhī)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄧˇ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yiyán yǐ bì jhih
- Wade–Giles: i1-yen2 i3 pi4 chih1
- Yale: yī-yán yǐ bì jr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyan yii bih jy
- Palladius: иянь и би чжи (ijanʹ i bi čži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 jin4 ji5 bai3 zi1
- Yale: yāt yìhn yíh bai jī
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 jin4 ji5 bai3 dzi1
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 yin4 yi5 bei3 ji1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ jiː¹³ pɐi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: 'jit ngjon yiX pjiejH tsyi
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔi[t] ŋa[n] ləʔ pe[t]-s tə/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qliɡ ŋan lɯʔ peds tjɯ/
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 一言以蔽之
- (literary) to summarize in a word; in a nutshell
- 子曰、詩三百、一言以蔽之、曰、思無邪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē, Shī sānbǎi, yīyán yǐ bì zhī, yuē, sīwúxié. [Pinyin]
- 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.'"
子曰、诗三百、一言以蔽之、曰、思无邪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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