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)

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