缩写 (suō xiě) — to abridge, to shorten (a text or work)
Definition
Used both as a verb ('to abridge, shorten a text') and as a noun ('abbreviation'). The verb takes 把/将 to mark what is shortened and 成/为 to mark the target length.
verb
to abridgeto shorten (a text or work)
Examples
- ，缩写。Zhè piān wén zhāng tài cháng le, xū yào suō xiě yí xià.This article is too long and needs to be abridged.
- 缩写。Lǎo shī ràng wǒ men bǎ kè wén suō xiě chéng liǎng bǎi zì.The teacher asked us to abridge the text to 200 characters.
- 缩写，。Tā suō xiě le nà běn xiǎo shuō, chū bǎn le yí gè jiǎn huà bǎn.He abridged that novel and published a simplified version.
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