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to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish / to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge
HSK 7-9
convergent sequence (math.)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斂* | 斂* | *斂
(literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself) / to collect; to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4]
to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斂* | 斂* | *斂
variant of 殮|殓
to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent
to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
to accumulate wealth / to rake in money
to overtax / to extort
to collect money / to raise funds (for charity)
to extort taxes
introverted / reserved / (artistic style) understated
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
convergence (math.) / astringent
(dialect) to gather up; to throw together
to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
to extort taxes excessively
convergent series (math.)
to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty
old-fashioned women's obeisance / Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]
to accumulate wealth without satisfaction / to continually plunder (idiom)


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