(economics) to reduce; to curtail; to cut back; to tighten; austerity; tightening; crunch
trad. 緊縮
Also written 緊縮【jǐn suō】
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2紧
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tight, strict, close at hand, near, urgent, tense, hard up, short of money, to tighten
- Pinyin
- jǐn
- Traditional
- 緊
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4219 of 2500
缩
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to withdraw, to pull back, to contract, to shrink, to reduce, abbreviation, also pr. [su4]
- Pinyin
- suō
- Traditional
- 縮
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 37781 of 2500