reduce to bare essentials; simplify sth.by cutting out the super fluous; simplify the complicated
❍ 我建议对草稿进行～。I suggest that the draft be reduced to bare essentials.
删繁就简shān fán jiù jiǎn
删：除去；就：接近，趋向。删除繁琐的，使之趋于简明。simplify sth. by cutting out the superfluous, reduce to bare essentials, simplify what is complicated