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敛

斂
liàn

Meanings

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liàn
  1. 1.variant of 殓[liàn]
liǎn
  1. 1.(literary) to hold back
  2. 2.(literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
  3. 3.to collect; to gather
  4. 4.Taiwan pr. [liàn]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.close (to an edge)
  2. 2.to approach; to get close to; to be almost

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Etymology

Simplified from 斂 (僉 → 佥).

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Stroke order

Components

敛佥⺙

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

臨墘临墘臨肥临肥臨臨仔临临仔

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Related words

收敛 to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish敛财 to accumulate wealth暴敛 to overtax敛巴 (dialect) to gather up; to throw together敛步 (literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt内敛 introverted敛衽 old-fashioned women's obeisance敛钱 to collect money聚敛 to gather; to accumulate; (esp.) to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means敛迹 to refrain征敛 to extort taxes收敛性 convergence (math.)