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 减速 減速 jiǎn sù to reduce speed / to slow down syn 贫困 貧困 pín kùn impoverished / poverty 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 缩短 縮短 suō duǎn to shorten / to reduce / to curtail syn 沦落 淪落 lún luò to degenerate / impoverished / to fall (into poverty) / to be reduced (to begging) syn 减压 減壓 jiǎn yā to reduce pressure / to relax 减刑 減刑 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence 缩减 縮減 suō jiǎn to cut / to reduce syn 穷困 窮困 qióng kùn destitute / wretched poverty syn 穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn 精简 精簡 jīng jiǎn to simplify / to reduce syn 窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn 减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn 寒酸 hán suān wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc) syn 减税 減稅 jiǎn shuì to reduce the tax rate 消炎 xiāo yán to reduce fever / antipyretic / to decrease inflammation syn 退烧 退燒 tuì shāo to reduce a fever 减小 減小 jiǎn xiǎo to reduce / to decrease / to diminish 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 减低 減低 jiǎn dī to lower / to reduce syn 减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) 紧缩 緊縮 jǐn suō (economics) to reduce / to curtail / to cut back / to tighten / austerity / tightening / crunch syn 消肿 消腫 xiāo zhǒng to reduce swelling / detumescence / (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc) syn 贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn 饥寒交迫 飢寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty syn 磺胺 huáng àn sulfa drugs / sulfanilamide (used to reduce fever) syn 裁减 裁減 cái jiǎn to reduce / to lessen / to cut down syn 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn 减员 減員 jiǎn yuán to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel syn 退烧药 退燒藥 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) 赤贫 赤貧 chì pín poverty-stricken syn 困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances syn 哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor 扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 脱贫 脫貧 tuō pín to lift oneself out of poverty 脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn 减除 減除 jiǎn chú to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes) 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 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 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 杀 殺 shā to kill / to slay / to murder / to attack / to weaken / to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely 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 约 約 yuē to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise syn 减 減 jiǎn to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish 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 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 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 贬 貶 biǎn to diminish / to demote / to reduce or devaluate / to disparage / to censure / to depreciate syn 食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 消炎片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide 折半 zhé bàn to reduce by fifty percent / half-price syn 撙 zǔn to reduce or cut down on / to rein in / to restrain syn 收服 shōu fú to subdue / to force to capitulate / to reduce to submission / to soothe syn 衣不蔽体 衣不蔽體 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 人穷志短 人窮志短 rén qióng zhì duǎn poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition 反裘负刍 反裘負芻 fǎn qiú fù chú lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly 家贫如洗 家貧如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ extreme poverty (idiom) / destitute / penniless / poor as church mice 筚门闺窦 篳門閨竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 荜门圭窦 蓽門圭竇 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom) / fig. wretched hovel / living in poverty 衣单食薄 衣單食薄 yī dān shí bó thin coat, meager food (idiom) / life of wretched poverty / destitute 贫病交加 貧病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom) syn 安贫乐道 安貧樂道 ān pín lè dào to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom) syn 贫病交迫 貧病交迫 pín bìng jiāo pò beset by poverty and illness (idiom) syn 饭糗茹草 飯糗茹草 fàn qiǔ rú cǎo lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) / fig. to live in abject poverty 减排 減排 jiǎn pái to reduce pollutant discharge / to reduce emissions 笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom) 站起来反贫穷 站起來反貧窮 zhàn qǐ lái fǎn pín qióng Stand Up Against Poverty, Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals / Stand Up Against Poverty 贫穷和经济发展问题千年项目第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題千年項目第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷和经济发展问题第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development 贫穷深度比 貧窮深度比 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 贫穷深度指数 貧窮深度指數 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 精简开支 精簡開支 jīng jiǎn kāi zhī to reduce spending / to cut spending 朘 juān (literary) to reduce / (literary) to exploit 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 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 