敛 - liǎn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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11 strokes
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敛 (斂)

liǎn

Definition

to hold back
to restrain
to control (oneself)
to collect
Taiwan pr. [lian4]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

潋

liàn

full of water; trough

蔹

liǎn

trailing plant; liana; creeper; wild vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum or Vitis pentaphylla)

Related words (16)

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]

敛财

liǎn cái

to accumulate wealth; to rake in money

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)

内敛

nèi liǎn

introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated

to extort taxes

to vanish; to moderate; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge

暴敛

bào liǎn

to overtax; to extort

聚敛

jù liǎn

to accumulate; to gather; to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means; (science) convergent

收敛性

shōu liǎn xìng

convergence (math.); astringent

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

Idioms (4)

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)

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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