liǎn lián liàn

to collect; to restrain; to hold back

Character data

Radical ⽁ (66.13)
Strokes 17
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

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

Words containing 斂

Word Meaning
reserved; introverted; (artistic style) understated
to extort taxes
to extort taxes excessively
to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)
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 rake in money; to accumulate wealth
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 extort heavy taxes; cruelly exploit people
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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