缩
影

Miniature version of sth in Chinese: 缩影 (suō yǐng)

suō yǐng

miniature version of sth

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 縮影1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1miniature version of sth
  2. 2microcosm
  3. 3epitome
  4. 4(Tw) to microfilm

Stroke order

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缩
影

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ㄙㄨㄛ

suō

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄧㄥˇ

yǐng

ㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

缩影

Simplified

縮影

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个小村庄是整个社会的缩影。

    zhè ge xiǎo cūn zhuāng shì zhěng gè shè huì de suō yǐng。

    This small village is a microcosm of the whole society.

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Related words

缩

suō

to withdraw

电影

diàn yǐng

movie

影响

yǐng xiǎng

influence

合影

hé yǐng

to take a joint photo

摄影

shè yǐng

to take a photograph

缩短

suō duǎn

to curtail

缩小

suō xiǎo

to reduce

影子

yǐng zi

shadow

影片

yǐng piàn

a copy of a film

影视

yǐng shì

movies and television

阴影

yīn yǐng

(lit. and fig.) shadow

影迷

yǐng mí

film enthusiast

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