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Meaning of 敛

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敛 (Trad.: 斂)Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 11; Radical: 攵
Pictophonetic:佥 indicates the sound; 攵 (strike) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 佥 [ qiān ] all, together, unanimous
    • 攵 [ pū ] to rap, to tap; script; to let go
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Stroke order image for Chinese character 敛
1
Pinyin: liǎn
English Definition:to hold back; to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; Taiwan pr. [lian4]
Chinese Definition:
①收拢,聚集:敛钱。敛足(收住脚步,不住前进)。敛容。敛衣(用收集来的碎布制成的衣)。收敛。聚敛。
②征收:横征暴敛。
③收束,约束:敛迹。敛手(a。缩手,表示不敢恣意妄为;b。拱手,表示恭敬)。敛袂(整理衣袖,表示敬服)。敛抑。敛步。

Example Words:
收敛 shōu liǎn to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
敛财 liǎn cái to accumulate wealth; to rake in money
聚敛 jù liǎn to accumulate; to gather; to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means; (science) convergent
内敛 nèi liǎn introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
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2
Pinyin: liàn
English Definition:variant of 殓
Example Sentences
1
让穿越天空的飞翔在巢上敛翼中终止
。
Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
2
当然
,
那些为贪欲所蒙蔽双眼的人们不择手段敛取他们的财富也是常见的
。
And it is common that those who are blinded by greed will resort to unscrupulous means to amass their fortunes.
3
喔
,
还有一件事可以拿来刁难唐纳
:
全球经济一路下滑时
,
麦克唐纳家还在大敛其财
。
Well, add one more reason to spite Ronald: as the global economy spirals downward, McDonald's is minting money.
4
当热情敛为理智
,
当关心写作祝福
,
亲爱的
,
让两颗挚诚的心就这样在无形的爱恋中紧紧相依
!
When the enthusiasm for the rational convergence, when the interest in writing blessing, darling, so that two sincere hearts so invisible at love in the tightly dependent!
5
在红葡萄酒中
,
单宁来自葡萄的表皮和种子中
,
还会产生苦涩
(
在新制的
,
单宁含量很高的酒中
)
和干燥敛口的感觉
。
In red wines, tannins are present in grape skins and seeds and lead to astringency and (in the case of young, high-tannin wines) a dry, puckering feeling in the mouth.