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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	敛	斂	liǎn	lian3	to hold back; to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; Taiwan pr. [lian4]
2	敛巴	斂巴	liǎn ba	lian3 ba5	(dialect) to gather (sth)
3	敛步	斂步	liǎn bù	lian3 bu4	to restrain motion; to check one's step
4	敛财	斂財	liǎn cái	lian3 cai2	to accumulate wealth; to rake in money
5	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)
6	敛钱	斂錢	liǎn qián	lian3 qian2	to collect money; to raise funds (for charity)
7	敛衽	斂衽	liǎn rèn	lian3 ren4	old-fashioned women's obeisance; Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]
8	敛声屏气	斂聲屏氣	liǎn shēng bǐng qì	lian3 sheng1 bing3 qi4	to hold one's breath (idiom)
9	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)