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to reduce

Composition


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Pinyin

jian3 jiǎn

Meaning


Primary

to reduce

Alternatives

reduce, reduced, reduces, reducing, to subtract, subtract

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where he is trying 减 to reduce the amount of 冫 ice that has covered an ancient vintage 咸 blowgun that is being stored in the cold pawn shop basement. He uses his robot dog to slowly heat up the 冫 ice, thereby 减 reducing its volume as they try to save the vintage 咸 blowgun so they can sell it and make up for recent 减 reduced revenue.

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