The Chinese word **浓缩 (nóngsuō)**, meaning "to concentrate" or "to condense," is formed through the standard compound word formation process where two meaningful characters are combined. The first character, **浓 (nóng)**, carries the meaning of "dense," "thick," or "strong in concentration." The second character, **缩 (suō)**, means "to contract," "to shrink," or "to reduce in volume." When combined, they create a verb that logically describes the process of making a substance denser or stronger by reducing its volume, effectively "thickening through shrinkage," which is the core concept of concentration in both a literal (e.g., juice) and figurative (e.g., information) sense.