一言以蔽之

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Chinese

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one sentence; something to say; brief remark
to use; according to; so as to
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
 
to cover; to shield; to screen
to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal
 
's; him/her/it; this
trad. (一言以蔽之) 一言
simp. #(一言以蔽之) 一言

Etymology

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From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》):

子曰:「三百一言以蔽之思無邪』。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子曰:「三百一言以蔽之思无邪』。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Zǐyuē: “Shī sānbǎi, yīyán yǐ bì zhī, yuē ‘sīwúxié’.” [Pinyin]
The Master said, "In the Book of Poetry are three hundred pieces, but the design of them all may be embraced in one sentence — 'Having no depraved thoughts.'"

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (31) (36) (1) (23)
Final () (48) (65) (19) (35) (19)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open Open
Division () III III III III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jit ngjon yiX pjiejH tsyi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪt̚/ /ŋɨɐn/ /jɨX/ /piᴇiH/ /t͡ɕɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔit̚/ /ŋiɐn/ /jɨX/ /piɛiH/ /t͡ɕɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjet̚/ /ŋiɐn/ /ieX/ /pjæiH/ /t͡ɕie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔit̚/ /ŋɨan/ /jɨX/ /piajH/ /cɨ/
Li
Rong
/ʔiĕt̚/ /ŋiɐn/ /iəX/ /piɛiH/ /t͡ɕiə/
Wang
Li
/ĭĕt̚/ /ŋĭɐn/ /jĭəX/ /pĭɛiH/ /t͡ɕĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ĕt̚/ /ŋɨ̯ɐn/ /iX/ /pi̯ɛiH/ /t͡ɕi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yi yán zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jat1 jin4 ji5 bai3 zi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 3/4 1/1 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yán zhī
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔjit › ‹ ngjon › ‹ yiX › ‹ pjiejH › ‹ tsyi ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔi[t]/ /*ŋa[n]/ /*ləʔ/ /*pe[t]-s/ /*tə/
English one speak; speech take, use cover (v.) (3p object pronoun; attributive particle)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
No. 14833 14271 14929 627 17188
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1 0 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qliɡ/ /*ŋan/ /*lɯʔ/ /*peds/ /*tjɯ/

Idiom

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一言以蔽之

  1. to summarize in a word; in a nutshell

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: 一言以って之を蔽う (ichigen motte kore o ōu) (calque)