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bớt
noun
verb
- To diminish, to cut down, to decrease, to reduce
- giảm bớt chi phí sản xuất: to cut down production cost
- thêm bạn bớt thù: to increase the number of friends and to decrease that of foes
- bớt giấy tờ, bớt hội họp: to cut down red tape and meetings
- bệnh mười phần bớt tám: the disease has diminished by eight-tenths (four-fifths), the disease has nearly completely abated
- cái gậy này dài quá, chặt cho ngắn bớt: this stick is too long, let's shorten it
- To lay by part of
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