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裁减

cái jiǎn

2-character word Traditional 裁減

What 裁减 means

1. to reduce
2. to lessen
3. to cut down

The characters in 裁减

• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 减jiǎnto lower; to decrease; to reduce

Example sentences

• 农村的女孩喜欢把红色的纸裁减成桃和李的花及贴在门窗上。
  Nóngcūn de nǚhái xǐhuan bǎ hóngsè de zhǐ cáijiǎn chéng táo hé Lǐ de huā jí tiē zài mén chuāng shàng.
  Country girls like to cut red paper into peach and plum blossoms and paste them onto doors and windows.

Sounds the same

Read cái jiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 裁剪to cut out