收敛 shōu liǎn

to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 11885th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to exercise restraint
  2. 2. to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)
  3. 3. to dwindle
  4. 4. (math.) to converge
  5. 5. to vanish
  6. 6. to make vanish
  7. 7. to astringe

Characters

Character Meaning
收 shōu HSK 4
to receive; to accept; to collect
敛 liǎn
variant of 殮liàn; to collect; to restrain