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缩水

suō shuǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 縮水

缩水 (suō shuǐ) means "to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 缩水 means

1. to shrink (in the wash)
2. fig. to shrink (of profits etc)

The characters in 缩水

• 缩suōto withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

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