省烦从简 shěngfáncóngjiǎn to simplify things Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 省 shěng verb to omit to leave out; to delete; to shorten烦 煩 fán nounverb superfluous (bound form) numerous and confusing; overly detailed or complicated, or wordy从简 從簡 cóngjiǎn to simplify to adopt a simplified approach; to follow the principle of simplicity rather than being extravagant