Examples
zǒng zhī总之，xià下yí一bù步shì是yào要jué dìng决定wǒ men我们xià下yí一bù步yīng gāi应该zuò做shén me什么。
总之，下一步是要决定我们下一步应该做什么。
In conclusion, the next step is to decide what we should do for the next step.
总之它是个很棒的派对。
In short, it was a great party.
演讲者不熟悉他的主题，说得又不好，总之，他很糟糕。
The speaker didn't know his subject, nor did he speak well; in short, he was disappointing.