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HSK
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
HSK 4
to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
HSK 4
to shrink (in the wash) / fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
HSK 7-9
miniature version of sth / microcosm / epitome / (Tw) to microfilm
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縮* | 縮* | *縮
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]
HSK 7-9
scaling / resizing / zoom (graphics)
abbreviation / to abridge
to cut / to reduce
a turtle that pulls its head in / (fig.) coward / chicken
to economize on clothes and food / to scrimp and save (idiom)
thumbnail (computing)
bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
abbreviated word / acronym
to contract / to abbreviate / abbreviation
to reprint (a book etc) in a smaller format
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
compact edition (of a dictionary etc)
abbreviation; short form
abbreviated word / acronym
contraction (in grammar) / abbreviation
time-lapse photography
(typesetting) to indent
to reduce the balance sheet
breast reduction / reduction mammaplasty
to retreat into; to draw back into / (typography) to indent
miniature
to shrink into
to tighten / to contract / to shrink in
polypeptide, a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein / same as 多肽
microfiche
to huddle together / to curl up
(typesetting) to indent
abbreviated character
to make the vagina tighter


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