抵消 (dǐxiāo) — to offset; to cancel out

Characters in this word

Strokes: 8
Radical: 扌 — hand
Made of: 扌 hand 氐 the name of an ancient tribe
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Strokes: 10
Radical: 氵 — water
Made of: 氵 water 肖 to resemble, to look like
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

出口增长未能完全抵消原材料价格上涨带来的成本压力。 Chūkǒu zēngzhǎng wèi néng wánquán dǐxiāo yuáncáiliào jiàgé shàngzhǎng dài lái de chéngběn yālì. Export growth failed to fully offset the cost pressure brought by rising raw-material prices.
他运动了一个小时，却吃了两块蛋糕，好处全被抵消了。 Tā yùndòng le yí ge xiǎoshí, què chī le liǎng kuài dàngāo, hǎochù quán bèi dǐxiāo le. He exercised for an hour but then ate two pieces of cake, so all the benefit was cancelled out.
打折省下的钱，被运费抵消了一大半。 Dǎzhé shěng xià de qián, bèi yùnfèi dǐxiāo le yí dà bàn. More than half of the money saved by the discount was eaten up by shipping costs.