简 jiǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 间 between, among
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
简练
jiǎnliàn
concise and polished
Characters in this word
练 liàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 柬 card, letter, invitation, note
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他的文字简练有力，几句话就勾勒出人物的复杂处境。 Tā de wénzì jiǎnliàn yǒulì, jǐ jù huà jiù gōulè chū rénwù de fùzá chǔjìng. His writing is concise and powerful, sketching the character's complex situation in just a few sentences.
- 这篇文章写得很简练，一句废话也没有。 Zhè piān wénzhāng xiě de hěn jiǎnliàn, yí jù fèihuà yě méiyǒu. This article is written very concisely, without a single wasted sentence.
- 他回答得简练清楚，大家一听就明白了。 Tā huídá de jiǎnliàn qīngchu, dàjiā yì tīng jiù míngbai le. His answer was concise and clear, and everyone understood at once.
Related words
- 简单 jiǎndān simple; easy
- 简直 jiǎnzhí simply; practically
- 简历 jiǎnlì resume
- 简化 jiǎnhuà to simplify
- 简介 jiǎnjiè to introduce briefly; brief introduction
- 简称 jiǎnchēng abbreviation; to be abbreviated as
- 简短 jiǎnduǎn brief; short
- 简洁 jiǎnjié concise; succinct; simple and clear
- 简陋 jiǎnlòu simple and crude; shabby
- 简体字 jiǎntǐzì simplified Chinese characters
- 简要 jiǎnyào brief; concise
- 简易 jiǎnyì simple; easy; makeshift