言简意赅

yán jiǎn yì gāi

concise and complete

Character by character

言yán
words

简jiǎn
brief

意yì
meaning

赅gāi
complete

他的发言言简意赅，只用了三分钟。

His remarks were concise and complete and took only three minutes.

Tone: positive (praise).

Learn this in Lesson 108 · HSK 7–9: 怎样把道理讲清楚 (Building an argument)

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