一
言
以
蔽
之
y
ì
y
ī
y
á
n
y
á
n
y
ǐ
y
ǐ
b
ì
b
ì
z
h
ī
z
h
ī
Definitions
1. one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
2. in a nutshell
Components
一言
yī yán
–
one sentence
以
Yǐ
–
PN:abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
蔽
bì
–
to cover
之
zhī
–
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])