缩短 (suō duǎn) — to shorten, to cut down, to curtail
Definition
缩短 means to shorten something physical or temporal (a road, article, hours). Use 减少 for reducing quantities/amounts, and 削减/缩减 for cutting budgets or staff.
verb
to shortento cut downto curtail
Examples
- 缩短。Gōng sī jué dìng bǎ gōng zuò shí jiān suō duǎn dào bā xiǎo shí.The company decided to shorten working hours to eight hours.
- 缩短。Zhè tiáo lù suō duǎn le jiāng jìn yí bàn.This road has been shortened by nearly half.
- 缩短。Qǐng bǎ nǐ de wén zhāng suō duǎn dào wǔ bǎi zì.Please shorten your essay to five hundred words.
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