"Concise" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 简要 | jiǎn yào | concise / brief |   |
| 简洁 | jiǎn jié | concise / succinct / pithy | |
| 简约 | jiǎn yuē | sketchy / concise / abbreviated | |
| 简明 | jiǎn míng | simple and clear / concise | |
| 扼要 | è yào | to the point / concise | |
| 详略 | xiáng lu:è | concise / the details in brief | |
| 约 |  yuē | to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise | |
| 凝练 | níng liàn | concise / compact / condensed | |
| 要言不烦 | yào yán bù fán | to explain in simple terms / succinct / concise | |
| 简述 | jiǎn shù | to outline / to summarize / to sketch / summary / brief description / concise narrative / in a nutshell / briefly | |
| 简章 | jiǎn zhāng | concise list of rules / brochure / pamphlet | |
| 精粹 | jīng cuì | succinct / pure and concise | |
| 言简意赅 | yán jiǎn yì gāi | concise and comprehensive (idiom) | |
| 短小精悍 | duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn | (of a person) short but plucky (idiom) / (of an article) concise and forceful | |
| 词约指明 | cí yuē zhǐ míng | concise but unambiguous (idiom) | |
| 一字褒贬 | yī zì bāo biǎn | dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / concise and powerful style | |
| 简编 | jiǎn biān | concise edition / abridged edition / compendium | |
| 中国小说史略 | Zhōng guó Xiǎo shuō Shǐ lu:è | Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] | |
| 简本 | jiǎn běn | concise edition / abridged edition | |
| 简要说明 | jiǎn yào shuō míng | concise notes | |
| 1970-1975年世界人口状况及其长期影响简要报告 | Concise Report on the World Population Situation in 1970-1975 and its Long-Range Implications | |
