收 缩

shōusuō

“To pull back” in Chinese is 收缩 (shōusuō).

Meaning

to pull back
to shrink
to contract

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(physiology) systole

Example

金属冷却的时候会收缩。

Metals contract when they cool.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shōuHSK 26 strokesto receive suōHSK 414 strokesto withdraw

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