長話短説 [长话－说]

Jyutping coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3
Pinyin cháng huà duǎn shuō

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    講重點​，​唔​敍​述​經​過​、​細節
    to make a long story short
    • 唔使解釋咁多喇，長話短説啦！
      唔使解释咁多喇，长话短说啦！
      m4 sai2 gaai2 sik1 gam3 do1 laa3, coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3 laa1!
      You don't have to explain too much, just make it short.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    长话短说，她上了禁飞名单，回来时还可能有一架无人飞机跟着我们。
    長話短説，她上了禁飛名單，回來時還可能有一架無人飛機跟着我們。
    cháng huà duǎn shuō ， tā shàng le jìn fēi míng dān ， huí lai shí hái kě néng yǒu yī jià wú rén fēi jī gēn zhe wǒ men 。
    • Long story short, she’s on the No Fly List and we might have been followed here by drone.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    唔使解释咁多喇，长话短说啦！
    唔使解釋咁多喇，長話短説啦！
    m4 sai2 gaai2 sik1 gam3 do1 laa3, coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3 laa1!
    • You don't have to explain too much, just make it short.