Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Summary but complete; concise yet comprehensive: Describes something, typically a written work, that presents essential information in a brief and condensed form while still covering all necessary or fundamental points. It emphasizes both brevity and thoroughness of core content.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đây là một cuốn sách lịch sử giản yếu, rất phù hợp cho người mới bắt đầu. (This is a summary but complete history book, very suitable for beginners.)
  • Báo cáo giản yếu đã nêu bật được các vấn đề chính. (The concise yet comprehensive report highlighted the main issues.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used to describe educational, historical, or technical texts that distill complex subjects into their most important elements without omitting critical facts.

Variants and Related Words

• Giản lược (adj): simplified, abridged. Implies reduction, potentially omitting some details.
• Cô đọng (adj): condensed, succinct. Emphasizes density of meaning in few words.
• Tóm tắt (v/n): to summarize / a summary. A more general term for a brief account.

Synonyms

• Digest: A condensed version of a larger work.
• Compendious: Containing or presenting the essential facts in a comprehensive but brief form.
• Succinct: Briefly and clearly expressed.

Related Idioms

• : Short and complete. This phrase captures a similar idea of being both brief and thorough.

1. Summary but complete
   • Sách lịch sử giản yếu
     A summary but complete book of history, a history digest