要之
Chinese
to summarize; to state the key points | nominalization particle; it | ||
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trad. (要之) | 要 | 之 | |
simp. #(要之) | 要 | 之 |
Pronunciation
Phrase
要之
- (literary) in summary; to summarize; in short; ultimately
- 要之,死日然後是非乃定。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1st century BCE, Sima Qian, Letter to Ren An. Translated by Burton Watson.
- Yàozhī, sǐ rì ránhòu shìfēi nǎi dìng. [Pinyin]
- Only after the day of death will right and wrong at last be determined.
要之,死日然后是非乃定。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 要之,只消一箇「操」字。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 13th century, various editors, A Collection of Conversations of Master Zhu (《朱子語類》)
- Yàozhī, zhǐxiāo yīgè “cāo” zì. [Pinyin]
- In summary, it is all about one word – practice.
要之,只消一个“操”字。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 要之,上海、廣州、馬德里、蓋尼加格、拉諾勒、巴塞龍納、亞美利亞各城城名足以象徵法西斯在中西兩國境內所作之重大罪行,吾人今後定必永誌不忘。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1938 September 1, 運公, 《國際反對轟炸不設防城市大會議決制裁日本》, in 《東方雜誌》, volume 35, issue 17, page 50
- Yàozhī, Shànghǎi, Guǎngzhōu, Mǎdélǐ, Gàiníjiāgé, Lānuòlè, Bāsàilóngnà, Yàměilìyà gè chéng chéngmíng zúyǐ xiàngzhēng fǎxīsī zài Zhōng Xī liǎng guó jìngnèi suǒ zuò zhī zhòngdà zuìxíng, wúrén jīnhòu dìngbì yǒngzhìbùwàng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
要之,上海、广州、马德里、盖尼加格、拉诺勒、巴塞龙纳、亚美利亚各城城名足以象征法西斯在中西两国境内所作之重大罪行,吾人今后定必永志不忘。 [MSC, simp.]