短小精悍
duánxiǎo-jīnghàn
short but tough; (of writing) concise and forceful
Every meaning
duǎnxiǎo-jīnghàn
- short but tough
- (of writing) concise and forceful
Its characters
- 短duǎnshort; brief
- 小xiǎosmall; little
- 精jīngrefined; choice; fine (as in 精品)
- 悍hànfierce; ferocious (as in 凶悍)
Words with 短
Words with 小
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.