敛
Definitions
- 1. to restrain
- 2. to control (oneself)
- 3. to collect
- 4. Taiwan pr. [liàn]
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Words Containing 敛
to dwindle
introverted
to extort taxes
to extort taxes excessively
convergent sequence (math.)
convergence (math.)
convergent series (math.)
to draw in one's claws
(dialect) to gather (sth)
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
Taiwan pr. [liàn rèn]
to accumulate wealth
to refrain
to collect money
to overtax
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
to accumulate
to accumulate wealth without satisfaction
to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)