减 Stroke Order

noise reduction

to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)

to weaken / to fall off

to lighten / to ease / to alleviate

to reduce / to decrease / to diminish

to cut down / to reduce / to lower

to lose weight

to ebb / to go down / to decline

to lose output / a drop in crop yield / reduction in production

to reduce / to lessen / to cut down

progressively decreasing / gradually falling / in descending order

to add or subtract / to increase or decrease / to go up or go down

to cut / to reduce

steep decline

to slow down / to retard

to reduce speed / to slow down / to take it easy

minus / to subtract

immortalization / imperishability

to slow down

to weaken / to attenuate

to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)

to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work

to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower

reduce stock

to reduce rent

tax cut

to cut wages

to make considered reductions / discretionary reduction

die-off