not sloppily; without rambling or branching; neither spreading about nor branching out; concise; suc cinct
? 這篇短篇小說寫得～。This short story is by no means sloppily written.
不蔓不枝bù màn bù zhī
蔓：蔓生植物所生出的長莖。多比喻說話或?qū)懽骱啙嵙鲿场e succinet,neither spreading about nor branching out-concise,without ramblings and stragglings