长话短说 長話短說

长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō ㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛ coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3

  • (idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 长 (1 of 4) — stroke by stroke.

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Example sentences

  • 长话短说 長話短說 ( cháng huà duǎn shuō coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3 ), 她 ( tā taa1 ) 上 ( shàng soeng5 ) 了 ( le liu5 ) 禁 ( jīn gam3 ) 飞 飛 ( fēi fei1 ) 名单 名單 ( míng dān ming4 daan1 ), 回来 回來 ( huí lai wui4 loi4 ) 时 時 ( shí si4 ) 还 還 ( hái waan4 ) 可能 ( kě néng ho2 nang4 ) 有 ( yǒu jau5 ) 一 ( yī jat1 ) 架 ( jià gaa2 ) 无人 無人 ( wú rén mou4 jan4 ) 飞机 飛機 ( fēi jī fei1 gei1 ) 跟着 跟著 ( gēn zhe gan1 zoek6 ) 我们 我們 ( wǒ men ngo5 mun4 )。

    Long story short, she’s on the No Fly List and we might have been followed here by drone.

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