(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect; to gather; Taiwan pr. [lian4]

variant of 殮|殓[lian4]

introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated

to extort taxes

(dialect) to gather up; to throw together

(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt

old-fashioned women's obeisance; Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]

to accumulate wealth; to rake in money

to refrain; to give up evil (temporarily); to cover one's traces; to lie low; to retire (from view)

to collect money; to raise funds (for charity)

to overtax; to extort

to gather; to accumulate; (esp.) to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means; (science) convergent

convergence (math.); astringent

to extort taxes excessively

convergent sequence (math.)

convergent series (math.)

to draw in one's claws; to show some modesty

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force

to accumulate wealth without satisfaction; to continually plunder (idiom)

to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)