shōu​suō HSK7

to contract

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to contract verb
to contract or shrink; to become smaller or shorter in length, width, or volume

All metals expand with heat and contract with cold.

to pull back
to pull back forces or resources; to shift from a spread-out position to a concentrated one
systole
the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.73 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
14.9 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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