HSK 4 Connectors & compound sentences
总之
In short with 总之
Structure … ,总之 + conclusion
总之 (zǒngzhī) wraps up and sums up what’s been said: "in short, in a word, anyway". 总之,这是个好消息 = "in short, it’s good news". It goes at the start of the closing clause and gathers the main point of everything before.
Examples
- 总之,这是个好消息。
In short, it’s good news.
- 总之,我不同意。
In short, I disagree.
- 不管怎么说,总之要努力。
Whatever you say, in short you have to work hard.
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