敛 (斂) liǎn

1. liǎn verb to collect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '斂' v 1; Kroll 2015 '斂' 1, p. 267; Unihan '斂')
2. liǎn verb to draw back; to fold back
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '斂'; Guoyu '斂' v 2; Kroll 2015 '斂' 2, p. 267; Unihan '斂')
3. liǎn verb tax collection
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '斂' n 1; Kroll 2015 '斂' 1a, p. 267)
4. liǎn verb to decrease
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '斂' 3, p. 267)
5. liǎn verb to shrink back; to retreat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '斂' v 3)
6. liǎn verb beautification of the body for a funeral
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 殓 (Guoyu '斂' v 4; Kroll 2015 '斂' 4, p. 267)
7. liǎn proper noun Lian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '斂' n 2)

Contained in

• 赋敛(賦斂) to collect tax
• 收敛级数(收斂級數) convergent series
• 敛缩(斂縮) to vanish to shrink
• 锋芒内敛(鋒芒內斂) to be talented yet self-effacing
• 敛戢(斂戢) to restrain oneself
• 收敛(收斂) to vanish; to moderate; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
• 敛巴(斂巴) to gather (sth)
• 收敛性(收斂性) convergence ; astringent
• 辑敛(輯斂) to collect
• 敛迹(斂跡) to refrain; to give up evil (temporarily); to cover one's traces; to lie low; to retire (from view)
• 头会箕敛(頭會箕斂) to tax harshly
• 收敛锋芒(收斂鋒芒) to draw in one's claws; to show some modesty
• 征敛无度(征斂無度) to extort taxes excessively
• 征敛(征斂) to collect tax; to extort taxes
• 横征暴敛(橫征暴斂) to tax by force and extortion
• 籍敛(籍斂) improper taxation
• 暴敛(暴斂) to overtax; to extort
• 敛衽(斂衽) old-fashioned women's obeisance
• 聚敛(聚斂) to accumulate; to gather; to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means ; convergent
• 敛财(斂財) to accumulate wealth; to rake in money
• 敛步(斂步) to restrain motion; to check one's step
• 内敛(內斂) introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
• 戢敛(戢斂) to restrain oneself
• 箕敛(箕斂) to rake in money; to tax harshly
• 横正暴敛(橫正暴斂) to levy exorbitant taxes
• 收敛序列(收斂序列) convergent sequence
• 敛钱(斂錢) to collect money; to raise funds (for charity)
• 裒敛无厌(裒斂無厭) to accumulate wealth without satisfaction; to continually plunder

Also contained in

敛口

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 44
• 卷二十　　　　　志第十　　　　禮樂十 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites and Music 10 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 19
• 卷一百七十六 志第一百二十九 食貨上四 Volume 176 Treatises 129: Finance and Economics 1d History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 17
• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 16
• 第六 禮儀下 大喪諸侯王列侯始封貴人公主薨 Volume 96: Etiquette Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 16
• 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 13
• 卷一百一十八 載記第十八 姚興下 Volume 118 Records 18: Yao Xing Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 13
• 卷一百七十四 志第一百二十七 食貨上二 Volume 174 Treatises 127: Finance and Economics 1b History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
• 卷三十五 志第十一 曆五 Volume 35 Treatises 11: Calendar 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 13

Collocations

• 小敛 (小斂) 公不與小斂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 30
• 大敛 (大斂) 大斂於阼 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 17
• 税敛 (稅斂) 凡稅斂 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 8
• 公敛 (公斂) 公斂處父御孟懿子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 7
• 卒敛 (卒斂) 卒斂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I — count: 6
• 作敛 (作斂) 苦於厚作斂於百姓 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 辭過 Book 1 - Indulgence in Excess — count: 5
• 敛处 (斂處) 公斂處父御孟懿子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
• 秋敛 (秋斂) 秋斂冬藏 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 4
• 重敛 (重斂) 刺重斂也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧魏‧碩鼠 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shou Shu — count: 4
• 敛筭 (斂筭) 兼斂筭 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 4