缩小(suō xiǎo)

HSK 52 charactersTrad. 縮小

to reduce

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Example sentences

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  • 这台机器能把复印件缩小到原件的一半。

    zhè tái jī qì néng bǎ fù yìn jiàn suō xiǎo dào yuán jiàn de yī bàn

    This machine can reduce copies of the original page to half size.

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