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缩小

suō xiǎo
HSK 4

English Meaning

to reduce; to decrease; to shrink

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这不是说你努力就能缩小的
HSK 5 00:02
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“No matter how hard either of us tries, we are simply not a match.”

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差距就是差距

“a gap is just a gap—”

“it's not something effort alone can close.”

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我追来追去

“I kept chasing,”

《岁月有情时》 · social_and_dating
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保护区的范围 要大大缩小
HSK 5 00:02
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建立自然保护区的 报告 但是

“a nature reserve to our superiors right now. However,”

“the reserve's scope must be significantly reduced.”

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博拉木拉地区 四万多平方公里 一刀切

“Bolamula covers more than 40,000 square kilometers. A one-size-fits-all approach”

《生命树》 · workplace
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这咱们得找到猴年马月去 不行咱缩小一下范围呢
HSK 5 00:03
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丁来挺会找地儿啊 找了个人口这么密集的社区

“Ding Lai chose a perfect place. It'll take us forever to find him”

“in such a densely populated community. Why don't we narrow down the search area?”

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那不行 缩小了万一 缩出去的那部分它就是呢

“No way. What if he's in the part we excluded?”

《除恶》 · daily_life
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