也就是说 (yě jiù shì shuō) — in other words; that is to say; namely

Definition

Examples

• 他不同意这个计划，也就是说，他反对我们的方案。
  Tā bù tóng yì zhè ge jì huà, yě jiù shì shuō, tā fǎn duì wǒ men de fāng àn.
  He doesn't agree with this plan; in other words, he opposes our proposal.
• 我们得提前完成，也就是说，下周五之前必须交。
  Wǒ men dé tí qián wán chéng, yě jiù shì shuō, xià zhōu wǔ zhī qián bì xū jiāo.
  We need to finish early; that is to say, we must submit it before next Friday.
• 也就是说，你根本没有认真考虑过这个问题。
  yě jiù shì shuō, Nǐ gēn běn méi yǒu rèn zhēn kǎo lǜ guò zhè ge wèn tí.
  In other words, you haven't seriously considered this issue at all.