tinh giảm
Definition
- Verb:
- To reduce strictly / to cut down rigorously: The primary meaning of "tinh giảm" is to decrease or scale down something in a strict, systematic, and often official manner, typically to increase efficiency or save resources.
- To streamline: It implies a deliberate process of making something more efficient by eliminating unnecessary elements.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Công ty quyết định tinh giảm biên chế. (The company decided to rigorously downsize its personnel.)
- Chính sách mới nhằm tinh giảm chi tiêu ngân sách. (The new policy aims to strictly reduce budget expenditures.)
- Họ đang lên kế hoạch tinh giảm bộ máy hành chính. (They are planning to streamline the administrative apparatus.)
Advanced Usage
- "tinh giảm biên chế": a fixed phrase meaning "to downsize staff" or "to reduce headcount."
- Đợt tinh giảm biên chế sẽ diễn ra vào cuối năm. (The staff downsizing round will take place at the end of the year.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giảm (v): to reduce, to decrease (a more general term).
- Cắt giảm (v): to cut, to slash (often for costs, budgets).
- Thu gọn (v): to trim down, to make more compact.
Synonyms
- Downsize: to reduce the number of staff.
- Reduce strictly: to decrease in a rigorous way.
- Streamline: to make an organization or process more efficient by employing faster or simpler working methods.
Related Idioms
This word is typically used in formal or administrative contexts and is not commonly found in idiomatic expressions.