简易

jiǎnyì · HSK 7

simple and easy

📋 简易 = 简 (simple) + 易 (easy) — two near-synonyms stacked for plain, basic, no-frills

简 carries simple/brief (as in 简单), and 易 carries easy (as in 容易). Together they describe something simply built and unsophisticated: a 简易 setup is the bare-bones, easy version.

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