| 三 |
sān yán liǎng jù | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly |
| 三 |
Sān | surname San |
| 三 |
sān | three / 3 |
| 言 |
yán | words / speech / to say / to talk |
| 两 |
liǎng | two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) |
| 两 |
liǎng jù | (say) a few words |
| 句 |
gōu | variant of 勾 |
| 句 |
jù | sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse |