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敛衽

liǎn rèn

2-character word Traditional 斂衽

What 敛衽 means

1. old-fashioned women's obeisance
2. Taiwan pr. liàn rèn

The characters in 敛衽

• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 衽rèn(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown; lapel; sleeping mat

Sounds the same

Read liǎn rèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 裣衽variant of 敛衽