裁减 (cái jiǎn) — to reduce, to cut down (staff, budget, armaments, etc.)
Definition
A formal verb for cutting back staff, budgets, or armaments — implies planned reduction by an authority. Stronger than 减少, which covers any kind of decrease (人数、成本、时间).
verb
to reduceto cut down (staff, budget, armaments, etc.)
Examples
- 裁减。Gōng sī jì huà cái jiǎn bǎi fēn zhī shí de yuán gōng.The company plans to cut ten percent of its employees.
- 裁减。Zhèng fǔ jué dìng cái jiǎn míng nián de jiào yù jīng fèi.The government decided to reduce next year's education budget.
- 裁减。Liǎng guó tóng yì cái jiǎn hé wǔ qì shù liàng.The two countries agreed to cut down the number of nuclear weapons.
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