长话短说 chánghuàduǎnshuō to make a long story short Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 长 長 cháng adjective long long in space or time; lasting话 話 huà noun speech spoken words; speech; talk; conversation; what someone says; something said短 duǎn adjective short short in length or duration; brief说 說 shuō verb to say to say; to speak; to talk; to express in words