to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
trad. 收斂
Also written 收斂【shōu liǎn】
Characters in this word
2收
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to receive, to accept, to collect, to put away, to restrain, to stop, in care of (used on address line after name)
- Pinyin
- shōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2048 of 2500
敛
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(literary) to hold back, (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself), to collect; to gather, Taiwan pr. [lian4]
- Pinyin
- liǎn
- Traditional
- 斂
- Strokes
- 11