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总之 (zǒng zhī) — in a word, in short, in brief

Definition

总之 marks a summary or conclusion of what was just said. It is a common, everyday connector; 总而言之 is a more formal, written-sounding variant of the same idea.

conjunction
in a wordin shortin brief

Examples

  • 总之，。
    zǒng zhī, Zhè ge jì huà xíng bù tōng.
    In short, this plan won't work.
  • 总之，。
    zǒng zhī, Wǒ men dé xiǎng bàn fǎ jiě jué zhè ge wèn tí.
    In a word, we need to find a way to solve this problem.
  • 总之，。
    zǒng zhī, Duō liàn xí cái néng jìn bù.
    In brief, only with more practice can you improve.

Grammar

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