not sloppily; without rambling or branching; neither spreading about nor branching out; concise; suc cinct
? 這篇短篇小說(shuō)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(zhǎng)莖。多比喻說(shuō)話或?qū)懽骱?jiǎn)潔流暢。be succinet,neither spreading about nor branching out-concise,without ramblings and stragglings