敛
Traditional 斂
Meanings
- (literary) to hold back
- (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
- to collect; to gather
- Taiwan pr. [lian4]
- variant of 殮|殓[lian4]
Words with 敛
- 收敛 to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish
- 聚敛 to gather
- 敛财 to accumulate wealth
- 横征暴敛 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom)
- 内敛 introverted
- 暴敛 to overtax
- 敛衽 old-fashioned women's obeisance
- 敛迹 to refrain
- 敛步 to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
- 收敛性 convergence (math.)
- 征敛无度 to extort taxes excessively
- 锋芒内敛 to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)