敛 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 敛

敛 (斂)

Definition arrange / control oneself / gather

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

Traditional 斂

Pinyin

Zhuyin ㄌㄧㄢˇ

Jyutping lim6

Unicode 655b

Radical 攵

Usage

Input Method Wubi( wgit ) Cangjie( omok ) Zhengma( odvm ) Four Corner( 88140 )

Same Pronunciation 脸 (liǎn)

STROKE ORDER

COMMON WORDS WITH 敛
	收敛 ( 收斂 ) shōu liǎn to dwindle / to vanish / to make vanish / to exercise restraint / to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge ( 收斂 )

	聚敛 ( 聚斂 ) jù liǎn to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent ( 聚斂 )

	敛财 ( 斂財 ) liǎn cái to accumulate wealth / to rake in money ( 斂財 )

	横征暴敛 ( 橫征暴斂 ) héng zhēng bào liǎn to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force ( 橫征暴斂 )

	内敛 ( 內斂 ) nèi liǎn introverted / reserved / (artistic style) understated ( 內斂 )

	暴敛 ( 暴斂 ) bào liǎn to overtax / to extort ( 暴斂 )

	敛衽 ( 斂衽 ) liǎn rèn old-fashioned women's obeisance / Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4] ( 斂衽 )

	敛迹 ( 斂跡 ) liǎn jì to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view) ( 斂跡 )

	敛声屏气 ( 斂聲屏氣 ) liǎn shēng bǐng qì hold one's breath ( 斂聲屏氣 )