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HSK
to lose weight
HSK 4
to lighten / to ease / to alleviate
HSK 5
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  *減* | 減* | *減
to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish
HSK 4
to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
HSK 4
to reduce pressure / to relax
HSK 7-9
to reduce rent
to decrease rapidly; to plummet
meiosis (in sexual reproduction)
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
to cut down / to reduce / to lower
to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
HSK 7-9
to lower salary / to reduce pay
to weaken; to diminish
HSK 7-9
to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
to burn fat; to lose weight (through diet or exercise)
to weaken / to attenuate
HSK 7-9
minus / to subtract
fin stabilizer (in ships) / anti-roll stabilizer
to lower / to reduce
(of an investor) to reduce one's holdings
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work
to reduce carbon emissions
to slow down / to retard
to reduce by half
to reduce / to decrease / to diminish
to cut wages
to reduce speed; to slow down
HSK 7-9
to reduce pollutant discharge; to reduce emissions
to increase without letup / to get worse and worse (idiom)
to slow down
to cut / to reduce
optical attenuation
to reduce / to pare down / to streamline
decompression schedule
to fade / (fig.) to lose luster / (of an event etc) to be spoiled / (coinage) to become debased
to alleviate a burden on sb
to lose weight
(PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes
to reduce the tax rate
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
amount of reduction; size of discount
to cut prices / to discount / to mark down / price cutting
moderator / reducer (mechanical gearbox)
to make considered reductions / discretionary reduction
to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan)
nuclear weapons reduction (abbr. for 裁減核武器|裁减核武器) / disarmament
cushioning shoe
plus-minus sign (±) / plus and minus signs (+ and -)
to add or subtract / to increase or decrease / to go up or go down
to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes)
subtraction
decompression table
to remove or lighten (a tax etc)
to reduce carbon emissions
to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)
to subtract / to lose (weight)
to take measures to mitigate the impact of disasters (including prevention, preparation, and support for stricken communities)
debuff (gaming)
to claim a credit against / tax reduction
makeup box (old)
to reduce / to cut down
decompression schedule (diving) / also called 減壓程序|减压程序
progressively decreasing / gradually falling / in descending order
shock absorption / vibration dampening
to reduce / to lessen / to cut down
to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel
noise reduction
to lower the interest rate
attenuated live vaccine
to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield
steep decline
minus sign - (math.)
shock absorption / damping
to reduce poverty / poverty reduction
tax relief
(math.) minuend
to deflate / to decrease (number, esp. price)
to impair / to degrade / to decrease / to reduce / to weaken / to detract from / impairment (e.g. of financial assets)
decompression sickness / the bends / also 減壓病|减压病
(math.) subtrahend
to ebb / to go down / to decline
shock-absorber
to deduct points; to lose points
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
speed bump
to become more youthful
decompression sickness / the bends / also 減壓症|减压症


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