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


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