to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish

to cut; to reduce

to abridge (a text); to edit out (of a movie); to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)

(PRC) Double Reduction Policy, announced in 2021, aiming to ease pressure on K-12 students by reducing homework and banning for-profit after-school academic classes

to add or subtract; to increase or decrease; to go up or go down