缩短 (suō duǎn) — to shorten, to cut down, to curtail

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

예문

  • 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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