缩小 (縮小)
suō xiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

缩小 (縮小)
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suō xiǎo
  1. to reduce
  2. to decrease
  3. to shrink

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
小丑
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
小事
xiǎo shì
  1. 1 trifle
  2. 2 trivial matter
  3. 3 classifier: 点 diǎn

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

还有，你别突然地放大或缩小。要慢慢地调。
háiyǒu ，nǐ bié tūrán de fàngdà huò suōxiǎo 。yào mànmān de tiáo 。
Also, don't suddenly zoom in and out. You have to adjust it slowly.
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这样一来，你的选择范围大大缩小了。
zhèyàngyīlái ，nǐ de xuǎnzé fànwéi dàdà suōxiǎo le 。
So therefore your choices have been narrowed down greatly.
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要是你的大鼻子跟圆肚子能缩小的话，我可以考虑看看。
yàoshì nǐ de dà bízi gēn yuán dùzi néng suōxiǎo dehuà ，wǒ kěyǐ kǎolǜ kàn kan 。
If your big nose and round belly shrank a little bit, I might consider it.
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黄酒起初也像白酒一样，全国各地有自己的酿造传统。可是因为白酒发展得太快了，导致黄酒的产地也受到影响，逐渐缩小到江南一带。
huángjiǔ qǐchū yě xiàng báijiǔ yīyàng ，quánguó gèdì yǒu zìjǐ de niàngzào chuántǒng 。kěshì yīnwèi báijiǔ fāzhǎn de tài kuài le ，dǎozhì huángjiǔ de chǎndì yě shòudào yǐngxiǎng ，zhújiàn suōxiǎo dào jiāngnán yīdài 。
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