敛
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- (literary) to hold back
- (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
- to collect; to gather
- Taiwan pr. [liàn]
liàn lian4
- variant of 殓 liàn
Example sentences
- Japanese people are generally very reserved.
HSK words with 敛
More words with 敛
- 敛巴 liǎnba (dialect) to gather up; to throw together
- 内敛 nèiliǎn introverted
- 敛步 liǎnbù (literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
- 敛钱 liǎnqián to collect money
- 征敛 zhēngliǎn to extort taxes
- 暴敛 bàoliǎn to overtax
- 敛财 liǎncái to accumulate wealth
- 聚敛 jùliǎn to accumulate
- 敛迹 liǎnjì to refrain
- 敛衽 liǎnrèn old-fashioned women's obeisance
- 收敛性 shōuliǎnxìng convergence (math.)