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Trad. 斂
- (literary) to hold back
- (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
- to collect; to gather
- Taiwan pr. [lian4]
Trad. 收斂
- to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish
- to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)
- to astringe
- (math.) to converge
Trad. 斂跡
- to refrain
- to give up evil (temporarily)
- to cover one's traces
- to lie low
- to retire (from view)
Trad. 聚斂
- to accumulate
- to gather
- to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means
- (science) convergent
Trad. 鋒芒內斂
- to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
Trad. 收斂鋒芒
- to draw in one's claws
- to show some modesty
Trad. 橫征暴斂
- to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
Trad. 裒斂無厭
- to accumulate wealth without satisfaction
- to continually plunder (idiom)