1[sentence adverbadv] spokenSIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATEDBASIC used to emphasize the most important reason or fact about something, or a simpleexplanation of something 基本上,说白了,说穿了
Basically, I’m just lazy.
说穿了,我就是懒。
Well, basically, it’s a matter of filling in a few forms.
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