"敛" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Le caractère 敛

liǎn
Traditional
Unicode
U+655B

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn
liàn variant of 殮|殓[lian4] syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
敛财 斂財 liǎn cái to accumulate wealth / to rake in money syn
敛巴 斂巴 liǎn ba (dialect) to gather up / to throw together
敛步 斂步 liǎn bù (literary) to slow down one's steps / to come to a halt
敛迹 斂跡 liǎn jì to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view) syn
敛钱 斂錢 liǎn qián to collect money / to raise funds (for charity)
敛衽 斂衽 liǎn rèn old-fashioned women's obeisance / Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
收敛 收斂 shōu liǎn to dwindle / to vanish / to make vanish / to exercise restraint / to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge syn
内敛 內斂 nèi liǎn introverted / reserved / (artistic style) understated
聚敛 聚斂 jù liǎn to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent syn
暴敛 暴斂 bào liǎn to overtax / to extort
征敛 征斂 zhēng liǎn to extort taxes
收敛性 收斂性 shōu liǎn xìng convergence (math.) / astringent
横征暴敛 橫征暴斂 héng zhēng bào liǎn to tax by force and extort levies (idiom) / to screw taxes out of the people by force syn
征敛无度 征斂無度 zhēng liǎn wú dù to extort taxes excessively
锋芒内敛 鋒芒內斂 fēng máng nèi liǎn to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
横正暴敛 橫正暴斂 héng zhèng bào liǎn to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
裒敛无厌 裒斂無厭 póu liǎn wú yàn to accumulate wealth without satisfaction / to continually plunder (idiom)
收敛锋芒 收斂鋒芒 shōu liǎn fēng máng to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty
收敛级数 收斂級數 shōu liǎn jí shù convergent series (math.)
收敛序列 收斂序列 shōu liǎn xù liè convergent sequence (math.)

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