缩水 suōshuǐ to shrink (in the wash)
to shrink (in the wash); figuratively to shrink (of profits etc)
How to remember 缩水: 缩 to withdraw + 水 water = to shrink (in the wash).
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How it is used
- Literally 'to shrink in the wash' - 这件衣服缩水了 (zhè jiàn yīfu suōshuǐ le) this shirt shrank.
- Very common figuratively for shrinking value/amounts: 收入缩水 (shōurù suōshuǐ) income shrank; 资产缩水 (zīchǎn suōshuǐ) assets lost value.
- Everyday register; the money sense is now as frequent as the laundry one.