中國的漢字數量繁多，推行漢字簡化的目的，是把結構複雜的繁體字轉換成易學易記的簡體字，從而提高國民的識字水平。

In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.

Source: Tatoeba

我精簡語言。

I shortened my speeches.

Source: Tatoeba