[dǐ xiāo]
offset; set-off; neutralize; negative; cancel out; counterbalance; kill; counteract
offset the loss
抵消損失
counteract the effect of a medicine
抵消藥物的作用
cancel out each other
相互抵消
offset the better roads against the greater distance
以較好的路抵消較遠的距離
There is the problem of cancelling out one another's forces among the states.
國家之間存在著力量相互抵消的問題。