reduce textile spindles; downsize spinning capacity
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Meanings
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to reduce the number of spinning spindles; to downsize textile production capacity
technicalOriginally referred to the specific industrial policy in China's 1990s economic reforms, where state-owned cotton mills were required to cut excess production capacity by physically reducing the number of spinning spindles. Now also used more broadly for capacity reduction in manufacturing.
Guó国
yǒu有
mián棉
fǎng纺
chǎng厂
yā压
dìng锭
jiǎn减
yuán员
hòu后
，
jīng经
jì济
xiào效
yì益
xiǎn显
zhù著
tí提
gāo高
。
After the state-owned cotton mill reduced spindles and cut staff, economic efficiency improved significantly.
Zhèng政
fǔ府
yāo要
qiú求
fǎng纺
zhī织
háng行
yè业
jì继
xù续
yā压
dìng锭
xiàn限
chǎn产
，
yōu优
huà化
chǎn产
yè业
jié结
gòu构
。
The government requires the textile industry to continue reducing spindles and limiting production to optimize the industrial structure.
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Yā压
dìng锭
shì是
dāng当
nián年
guó国
yǒu有
qǐ企
yè业
bǎi摆
tuō脱
kùn困
jìng境
de的
zhòng重
yào要
cuò措
shī施
zhī之
yī一
。
Reducing spindles was one of the important measures for state-owned enterprises to extricate themselves from difficulties back then.