有话便长，无话便短有話便長，無話便短有話便長，無話便短

if there is something to say, go long; if not, keep it short

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Originally a storyteller's rule: expand on what matters and skip the rest. Now: make a speech or text as long or short as its content needs.

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Simplified: 有话便长，无话便短
Traditional (Taiwan): 有話便長，無話便短
Pinyin: yǒu huà biàn cháng, wú huà biàn duǎn
Pinyin (Taiwan): yǒu huà biàn zhǎng, wú huà biàn duǎn
Bopomofo: ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ，ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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