收缩 (收縮)
shōu suō
Pinyin

Definition

收缩 (收縮)
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shōu suō
  1. to pull back
  2. to shrink
  3. to contract
  4. (physiology) systole

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

收
shōu
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to collect
  4. 4 to put away
  5. 5 to restrain
  6. 6 to stop
  7. 7 in care of (used on address line after name)
收到
shōu dào
  1. 1 to receive
收拾
shōu shi
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to pack
  4. 4 to repair
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
收获
shōu huò
收藏
shōu cáng
  1. 1 to hoard
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 collection
  4. 4 to bookmark (Internet)

Idioms (16)

兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
  1. 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
  2. 2 eclectic
  3. 3 all-embracing
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
  1. 1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 both virtue and reward
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing

Sample Sentences

但在此后数年间，亚马逊电商业务面临水土不服以及中国本土电商的挤压，持续走在收缩的道路上，市场份额也从15.4%跌至不到1%，电商业务不断压缩后的亚马逊在中国还能走多远？一切尚待观察。
dàn zài cǐhòu shǔ niánjiān ，Yàmǎxùn diànshāng yèwù miànlín shuǐtǔbùfú yǐjí Zhōngguó běntǔ diànshāng de jǐyā ，chíxù zǒu zài shōusuō de dàolù shàng ，shìchǎngfèné yě cóng diēzhì bùdào ，diànshāng yèwù bùduàn yāsuō hòu de Yàmǎxùn zài Zhōngguó hái néng zǒu duō yuǎn ？yīqiè shàng dài guānchá 。
However, in the following years, squeezed by China’s local e-commerce players, Amazon's e-commerce business began to shrink. The market share also fell from 15.4% to less than 1%. How far can Amazon go in China with it’s shrinking e-commerce business. Everything remains to be seen.
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