suō xiǎo
réduire; diminuer; rétrécir; rétrécir; faire un zoom arrière
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我们必须缩小开支。
Wǒmen bìxū suōxiǎo kāizhī.
We must reduce our spending.
随着时间的推移，差距正在缩小。
Suízhe shíjiān de tuīyí, chājù zhèngzài suōxiǎo.
The gap is narrowing over time.
他把照片缩小到合适的大小。
Tā bǎ zhàopiàn suōxiǎo dào héshì de dàxiǎo.
He reduced the photo to a suitable size.
减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
reduce
变小 (biànxiǎo)
become smaller
扩大 (kuòdà)
expand
增加 (zēngjiā)
increase
The Chinese word 缩小 (suōxiǎo) is composed of two characters: 缩 (suō) and 小 (xiǎo). The character 缩 originally meant "to draw back" or "to shrink", and it is often used in the sense of "to reduce" or "to diminish". The character 小 means "small" or "tiny". When these two characters are combined, they form the word 缩小, which literally means "to make small" or "to reduce in size". In a figurative sense, 缩小 can also mean "to narrow down" or "to limit". For example, the phrase 缩小范围 (suōxiǎo fànwéi) means "to narrow down the scope".
