Doing something less with "shao"

Just as you can use 多 to talk about doing something more, you can use 少 (shǎo) to talk about doing something less.

The structure is:

Subject + 少 + Verb + Object

Some examples:

• 废话 少 说！
• 你 应该 少 抽 烟！
• 学 中文 的 学生 需要 少 说 英文。