精简 (jīngjiǎn) — to streamline; to simplify

Characters in this word

Strokes: 14
Radical: 米 — rice, millet, grain
Made of: 米 rice, millet, grain 青 blue, green
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Strokes: 13
Radical: ⺮ — bamboo
Made of: ⺮ bamboo 间 between, among
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

新任负责人决定精简审批流程，把原先七个环节压缩为三个。 Xīnrèn fùzérén juédìng jīngjiǎn shěnpī liúchéng, bǎ yuánxiān qī gè huánjié yāsuō wéi sān gè. The newly appointed person in charge decided to streamline the approval process, reducing the original seven steps to three.
搬家前我精简了很多东西，只带最需要的。 Bānjiā qián wǒ jīngjiǎn le hěn duō dōngxi, zhǐ dài zuì xūyào de. Before moving I cut down on a lot of things and took only what I needed most.
这篇报告太长了，请你精简一下，只写重点。 Zhè piān bàogào tài cháng le, qǐng nǐ jīngjiǎn yíxià, zhǐ xiě zhòngdiǎn. This report is too long; please trim it down and write only the key points.