敛 liǎn liàn

draw back, fold back; collect

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DEFINITIONS

敛 liǎn
  • to hold back
  • to restrain
  • to control (oneself)
  • to collect
  • Taiwan pr. [lian4]
敛 liàn
  • variant of 殮|殓[lian4]

STROKES

WORDS

收敛 shōu liǎn to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
敛财 liǎn cái to accumulate wealth; to rake in money
内敛 nèi liǎn introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
征敛 zhēng liǎn to extort taxes
征敛无度 zhēng liǎn wú dù to extort taxes excessively
收敛序列 shōu liǎn xù liè convergent sequence (math.)
收敛性 shōu liǎn xìng convergence (math.); astringent
收敛级数 shōu liǎn jí shù convergent series (math.)
收敛锋芒 shōu liǎn fēng máng to draw in one's claws; to show some modesty
敛巴 liǎn ba (dialect) to gather (sth)
敛步 liǎn bù to restrain motion; to check one's step
敛衽 liǎn rèn old-fashioned women's obeisance; Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]
敛迹 liǎn jì to refrain; to give up evil (temporarily); to cover one's traces; to lie low; to retire (from view)
敛钱 liǎn qián to collect money; to raise funds (for charity)
暴敛 bào liǎn to overtax; to extort
横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横正暴敛 héng zhèng bào liǎn to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
聚敛 jù liǎn to accumulate; to gather; to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means; (science) convergent
裒敛无厌 póu liǎn wú yàn to accumulate wealth without satisfaction; to continually plunder (idiom)
锋芒内敛 fēng máng nèi liǎn to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
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