shōu liǎn fēng máng

Traditional: 收斂鋒芒

收敛锋芒 (shōu liǎn fēng máng) is a Chinese word meaning “to draw in one's claws; to show some modesty”.

Meanings

  1. 1to draw in one's claws
  2. 2to show some modesty

Characters in 收敛锋芒

收shōu · to receive敛liǎn · (literary) to hold back锋fēng · point of a spear芒máng · awn (of cereals)

Related words

收到to receive收to receive收拾to put in order收集to gather收回to regain收养to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc)收入to take in收看to watch (a TV program)收音机radio收藏to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark收获to harvest收获variant of 收穫|收获[shou1 huo4]

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