略

Brief in Chinese: 略 (lüè)

lüè

brief

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1brief; sketchy
  2. 2outline; summary
  3. 3to omit
  4. 4(bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly
  5. 5plan; strategy
  6. 6to capture (territory)

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略

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄩㄝˋ

lüè

ㄌ/ lㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 细节太多，这里我就略去不说了。

    xì jié tài duō， zhè lǐ wǒ jiù lüè qù bù shuō le。

    There are too many details, so I'll omit them here.

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Related words

侵略

qīn lüè

to invade

省略

shěng lüè

to leave out

策略

cè lüè

strategy

忽略

hū lüè

to neglect

战略

zhàn lüè

strategy

粗略

cū lüè

rough (not precise or accurate)

略微

lüè wēi

a little bit

领略

lǐng lüè

to have a taste of

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