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敛

liǎn

Character Traditional 斂

What 敛 means

1. literaryto hold back
2. literaryto restrain; to control (oneself)
3. to collect; to gather
4. Taiwan pr. liàn

Other readings

敛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• liànvariant of {殓|liàn}

Example sentences

• 日本人普遍很内敛。
  Rìběnrén pǔbiàn hěn nèiliǎn.
  Japanese people are generally very reserved.
• 全纯函数在其定义域内任意一点的邻域中都可以表示为收敛的幂级数。
  A holomorphic function can be expressed as a convergent power series in a neighborhood of any point in its domain.

Words starting with 敛

• 敛财liǎn cáito accumulate wealth; to rake in money
• 敛巴liǎn ba(dialect) to gather up; to throw together
• 敛步liǎn bù(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
• 敛迹liǎn jìto refrain; to give up evil (temporarily); to cover one's traces
• 敛钱liǎn qiánto collect money; to raise funds (for charity)
• 敛衽liǎn rènold-fashioned women's obeisance; Taiwan pr. liàn rèn

Words containing 敛

• 收敛shōu liǎnto dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint…
• 内敛nèi liǎnintroverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
• 征敛zhēng liǎnto extort taxes
• 暴敛bào liǎnto overtax; to extort
• 聚敛jù liǎnto gather; to accumulate; (esp.) to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous…
• 收敛性shōu liǎn xìngconvergence (math.); astringent
• 征敛无度zhēng liǎn wú dùto extort taxes excessively
• 收敛序列shōu liǎn xù lièconvergent sequence (math.)
• 收敛级数shōu liǎn jí shùconvergent series (math.)
• 收敛锋芒shōu liǎn fēng mángto draw in one's claws; to show some modesty
• 横征暴敛héng zhēng bào liǎnto tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
• 锋芒内敛fēng máng nèi liǎnto be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
• 裒敛无厌póu liǎn wú yànto accumulate wealth without satisfaction; to continually plunder (idiom)

Characters built on 佥

These share the phonetic component 佥 (qiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged
• 检jiǎnto check; to examine; to inspect
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 脸liǎnface
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 捡jiǎnto pick up; to collect; to gather
• 俭jiǎn(bound form) frugal; thrifty
• 睑jiǎneyelid

Characters that look like 敛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 款kuǎnsection; paragraph; funds
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 敞chǎngopen to the view of all; spacious; to open wide
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb

Sounds the same

Read liǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 脸face
• 琏sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings; also pr. lián
• 蔹trailing plant; liana; creeper
• 鄻place name
• 摙to transport; to remove to take
• 裣see 裣衽
• 蘝variant of 蔹, trailing plant; liana; creeper
• 歛variant of 敛
• 莶variant of 蔹; Taiwan pr. liàn