减排 減排 jiǎn pái to reduce pollutant discharge / to reduce emissions 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 减少 減少 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower syn 降低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn 缩小 縮小 suō xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to shrink syn 缩短 縮短 suō duǎn to shorten / to reduce / to curtail syn 减小 減小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to diminish syn 减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) 减速 減速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down syn 精简 精簡 jīng jiǎn to simplify / to reduce syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 放慢 fàng màn to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc) syn 紧缩 緊縮 jǐn suō (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch syn 减低 減低 jiǎn dī to lower / to reduce syn 缩减 縮減 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce syn 消炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation syn 减压 減壓 jiǎn yā to reduce pressure / to relax 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn 降压 降壓 jiàng yā to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage 减税 減稅 jiǎn shuì to reduce the tax rate 裁减 裁減 cái jiǎn to reduce / to lessen / to cut down syn 消肿 消腫 xiāo zhǒng to reduce swelling / detumescence / (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc) syn 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 减员 減員 jiǎn yuán to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel syn 减刑 減刑 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence 减除 減除 jiǎn chú to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes) 退烧 退燒 tuì shāo to reduce a fever 磺胺 huáng àn sulfa drugs / sulfanilamide (used to reduce fever) syn 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 退热 退熱 tuì rè to reduce a fever 开源节流 開源節流 kāi yuán jié liú lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure syn 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 减损 減損 jiǎn sǔn to impair / to degrade / to decrease / to reduce / to weaken / to detract from / impairment (e.g. of financial assets) 精减 精減 jīng jiǎn to reduce / to pare down / to streamline syn 矮化 ǎi huà (plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay 退烧药 退燒藥 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) 约 約 yuē to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise syn 消 xiāo to diminish / to subside / to consume / to reduce / to idle away (the time) / (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need / to require / to take syn 消炎片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide 杀 殺 shā to kill / to slay / to murder / to attack / to weaken / to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely syn 折半 zhé bàn to reduce by fifty percent / half-price syn 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 减 減 jiǎn to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish syn 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 缩 縮 suō to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4] syn 削 xuē to pare / to reduce / to remove / Taiwan pr. [xue4] syn 贬 貶 biǎn to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate syn 撙 zǔn to reduce or cut down on / to rein in / to restrain syn 精简开支 精簡開支 jīng jiǎn kāi zhī to reduce spending / to cut spending 二氯苯胺苯乙酸钠 二氯苯胺苯乙酸鈉 èr lǜ běn àn běn yǐ suān nà diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller) / also called voltaren 扶他林 宽免 寬免 kuān miǎn to reduce payment / to annul (debts, bills, taxes etc) / to let sb off paying 扶他林 fú tā lín voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller 收服 shōu fú to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe syn 服他灵 服他靈 fú tā líng voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called 扶他林 减俸 減俸 jiǎn fèng to lower salary / to reduce pay 减碳 減碳 jiǎn tàn to reduce carbon emissions 狂甩 kuáng shuǎi to fling vigorously / fig. to reduce drastically 碳减排 碳減排 tàn jiǎn pái to reduce carbon emissions 约分 約分 yuē fēn reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths) / to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator 裁兵 cái bīng to reduce troop numbers / disarmament 防暑降温 防暑降溫 fáng shǔ jiàng wēn to prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature 降低利率 jiàng dī lì lǜ to reduce interest rates 双氯芬酸钠 雙氯芬酸鈉 shuāng lǜ fēn suān nà diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller / also called voltaren 扶他林 关于捕捞作业中减少海龟死亡的准则 Guidelines to Reduce Sea Turtle Mortality in Fishing Operations 调降 調降 tiáo jiàng (Tw) to lower (prices, interest rates etc) / to reduce / to cut 减削 減削 jiǎn xuē to reduce / to cut down 拼客 pīn kè person who joins with others to reduce costs (carpooling, group buying, sharing an apartment etc) 简省 簡省 jiǎn shěng to simplify / to reduce to essentials / economical 减租 減租 jiǎn zū to reduce rent 减贫 減貧 jiǎn pín to reduce poverty / poverty reduction 缩表 縮表 suō biǎo to reduce the balance sheet 化约 化約 huà yuē to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ... / to regard (sth) as merely ... 放血 fàng xiě (TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed / to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically 减持 減持 jiǎn chí (of an investor) to reduce one's holdings 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 