这件衣服缩水了。
This shirt has shrunk.
缩水
to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
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缩
水
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缩
- 缩短suōduǎnto shortenB5
- 缩小suōxiǎoto reduceB5
- 压缩yāsuōto compressB6
- 节衣缩食jiéyī-suōshíto save on food and clothing (idiom)B7
- 紧缩jǐnsuō(economics) to reduceB7
- 浓缩nóngsuōto concentrateB7
- 伸缩shēnsuōto lengthen and shortenB7
- 收缩shōusuōto pull backB7
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缩水很厉害。
The shrinking is serious.