liǎn
Traditional: 斂
敛 (liǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; to gather”.
Meanings
- 1(literary) to hold back
- 2(literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
- 3to collect; to gather
- 4Taiwan pr. [lian4]
Related words
收敛to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish敛variant of 殮|殓[lian4]敛财to accumulate wealth内敛introverted征敛to extort taxes征敛无度to extort taxes excessively收敛序列convergent sequence (math.)收敛性convergence (math.)收敛级数convergent series (math.)收敛锋芒to draw in one's claws敛巴(dialect) to gather up; to throw together敛步(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt