Taiwan Mandarin

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裁減

cáijiǎn·ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

“to cut down; to reduce; to lessen; to trim (staff, budget, etc.)”

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To cut out fabric or paper with scissors; to sew or tailor; to reduce or cut back; to make a decision or judgment; to measure or control.

jiǎn·ㄐㄧㄢˇ

To decrease or reduce something; to subtract; to lower or diminish; to be less than or inferior to; a subtraction operation.