suō​duǎn HSK4

to shorten

缩短 縮短 suō//duǎn
to shorten verb + adjective
to shorten; to curtail; to cut down; to reduce in length or time

My teacher asked me to shorten the report to one page.

On average, smoking reduces your life span by at least 10 years.

abbreviation nounverb
an abbreviated form of a word or phrase

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.33 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
18.7 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4

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