而言 : with regard to ... : ér yán | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary

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而言

ér yán
with regard to (preceding phrase)

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总而言之 Trad. 總而言之

zǒng ér yán zhī
in short in a word in brief

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简而言之 Trad. 簡而言之

jiǎn ér yán zhī
in a nutshell to put it briefly

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比较而言 Trad. 比較而言

bǐ jiào ér yán
comparatively speaking

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一般而言

yī bān ér yán
generally speaking

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王顾左右而言他 Trad. 王顧左右而言他

wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
the king looked left and right and then talked of other things to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
换而言之 Trad. 換而言之

huàn ér yán zhī
in other words

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概而言之

gài ér yán zhī
same as 總而言之|总而言之[zong3 er2 yan2 zhi1]

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