斂（斂）liǎnⅠ ? ? (收起； 收住) hold back; keep back: ～ 足 hold back from going; check one's steps
? （約束） restrain: ～ 衽 anciently a lady's greeting by holding lower corners of the jacket
? (收集； 征收) gather; collect; accumulate: 聚 ～ levy tax and get rich; 收 ～ gather; collect; 橫征暴 ～ extort heavy taxes and levies Ⅱ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 通 Lian Tong
◆斂步 slow down one's steps; hesitate to advance further; hold back from going; 斂財 accumulate wealth by unfair means; 斂跡 temporarily desist from one's evil ways; lie low; 斂錢 collect money for expenditure or donations; 斂衽 show one's respect by tidying up one's dress and sleeves; curtsy; 斂容[書] assume a serious expression; 斂足 withdraw one's footstep |