| 1 | 收敛 | 收斂 | shōu liǎn | shou1 lian3 | to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge | | |
| 2 | 敛 | 斂 | liǎn | lian3 | to hold back; to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; Taiwan pr. [lian4] | | |
| 3 | 敛声屏气 | 斂聲屏氣 | liǎn shēng bǐng qì | lian3 sheng1 bing3 qi4 | to hold one's breath (idiom) | | |
| 4 | 征敛无度 | 征斂無度 | zhēng liǎn wú dù | zheng1 lian3 wu2 du4 | to extort taxes excessively | | |
| 5 | 征敛 | 征斂 | zhēng liǎn | zheng1 lian3 | to extort taxes | | |
| 6 | 销声敛迹 | 銷聲斂跡 | xiāo shēng liǎn jì | xiao1 sheng1 lian3 ji4 | to keep silent and lie low (idiom) | | |
| 7 | 头会箕敛 | 頭會箕斂 | tóu kuài jī liǎn | tou2 kuai4 ji1 lian3 | heavy taxation (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 收敛序列 | 收斂序列 | shōu liǎn xù liè | shou1 lian3 xu4 lie4 | convergent sequence (math.) | | |
| 9 | 收敛性 | 收斂性 | shōu liǎn xìng | shou1 lian3 xing4 | convergence (math.); astringent | | |
| 10 | 收敛级数 | 收斂級數 | shōu liǎn jí shù | shou1 lian3 ji2 shu4 | convergent series (math.) | | |
| 11 | 收敛锋芒 | 收斂鋒芒 | shōu liǎn fēng máng | shou1 lian3 feng1 mang2 | to draw in one's claws; to show some modesty | | |
| 12 | 裒敛无厌 | 裒斂無厭 | póu liǎn wú yàn | pou2 lian3 wu2 yan4 | to accumulate wealth without satisfaction; to continually plunder (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 内敛 | 內斂 | nèi liǎn | nei4 lian3 | introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated | | |
| 14 | 敛足不前 | 斂足不前 | liǎn zú bù qián | lian3 zu2 bu4 qian2 | to hesitate to advance; to hold one's steps and refuse to go further (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 暴敛 | 暴斂 | bào liǎn | bao4 lian3 | to overtax; to extort | | |
| 16 | 敛衽 | 斂衽 | liǎn rèn | lian3 ren4 | old-fashioned women's obeisance; Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4] | | |
| 17 | 敛钱 | 斂錢 | liǎn qián | lian3 qian2 | to collect money; to raise funds (for charity) | | |
| 18 | 敛迹 | 斂跡 | liǎn jì | lian3 ji4 | to refrain; to give up evil (temporarily); to cover one's traces; to lie low; to retire (from view) | | |
| 19 | 敛财 | 斂財 | liǎn cái | lian3 cai2 | to accumulate wealth; to rake in money | | |
| 20 | 敛步 | 斂步 | liǎn bù | lian3 bu4 | to restrain motion; to check one's step | | |
| 21 | 敛巴 | 斂巴 | liǎn ba | lian3 ba5 | (dialect) to gather (sth) | | |
| 22 | 聚敛 | 聚斂 | jù liǎn | ju4 lian3 | to accumulate; to gather; to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means; (science) convergent | | |
| 23 | 横正暴敛 | 橫正暴斂 | héng zhèng bào liǎn | heng2 zheng4 bao4 lian3 | to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 横征暴敛 | 橫征暴斂 | héng zhēng bào liǎn | heng2 zheng1 bao4 lian3 | to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force | | |
| 25 | 锋芒内敛 | 鋒芒內斂 | fēng máng nèi liǎn | feng1 mang2 nei4 lian3 | to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom) | | |