删减 (刪減)
shān jiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

删减 (刪減)
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shān jiǎn
  1. to abridge (a text)
  2. to edit out (of a movie)
  3. to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

删除
shān chú
  1. 1 to delete
  2. 2 to cancel
减
jiǎn
  1. 1 to lower
  2. 2 to decrease
  3. 3 to reduce
  4. 4 to subtract
  5. 5 to diminish
减少
jiǎn shǎo
  1. 1 to lessen
  2. 2 to decrease
  3. 3 to reduce
  4. 4 to lower
减肥
jiǎn féi
  1. 1 to lose weight
删
shān
  1. 1 to delete

Idioms (2)

偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
有增无减
yǒu zēng wú jiǎn
  1. 1 to increase without letup
  2. 2 to get worse and worse (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我是在电影院看的。唉，中国就是没有电影分级制度，如果有的话，电影院放的《色戒》还需要删减吗？
wǒ shì zài diànyǐngyuàn kàn de 。ài ，Zhōngguó jiùshì méiyǒu diànyǐng fēnjí zhìdù ，rúguǒ yǒude huà ，diànyǐngyuàn fàng de 《 Sèjiè 》hái xūyào shānjiǎn ma ？
I saw it in the movie theater. Hey, China doesn't have a movie rating system. If it did, would the version of “Lust, Caution” played in the movie theaters still need to be edited?
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在家看片儿《色戒》，未删减版。
zài jiā kàn piānr 《 Sèjiè 》，wèi shānjiǎn bǎn 。
I'm going to watch a movie at home. “Lust, Caution”, the uncut version.
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