liǎn liàn

variant of liàn; to collect; to restrain

#2925

Character data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 2925th character
Radical ⽁ (66.7)
Strokes 11
Index # 2350
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

敛 liǎn
  1. 1. to collect
  2. 2. to restrain
  3. 3. to hold back
  4. 4. to control (oneself)
  5. 5. Taiwan pr. liàn
敛 liàn
  1. 1. variant of liàn

Stroke order

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Words containing 敛

Word Meaning
to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)
to rake in money; to accumulate wealth
reserved; introverted; (artistic style) understated
to extort taxes
to extort taxes excessively
convergent sequence (math.)
convergence (math.); astringent
convergent series (math.)
to show some modesty; to draw in one's claws
(dialect) to gather (sth)
to check one's step; to restrain motion
Taiwan pr. liàn rèn; old-fashioned women's obeisance
to lie low; to retire (from view); to cover one's traces
to collect money; to raise funds (for charity)
to extort; to overtax
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
to amass wealth greedily; to gather together
to accumulate wealth without satisfaction
to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
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