Definition
精简 means to simplify by cutting out what's unnecessary, making something leaner and more efficient — used for organizations, processes, or content. It differs from 简化 (broader 'simplify') and from 削减/缩减 (which just reduce quantity without streamlining).
verb
to simplifyto streamlineto downsize
Examples
- ，精简。Wèile tígāo xiàolǜ, gōngsī juédìng jīng jiǎn jīgòu.To improve efficiency, the company decided to streamline its departments.
- ，精简。Zhège bàogào nèiróng tài duō, xūyào jīng jiǎn yíxià.This report has too much content and needs to be condensed a bit.
- 精简。Zhèngfǔ nǔlì jīng jiǎn xíngzhèng shěnpī liúchéng.The government is working to simplify the administrative approval process.
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