Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 敛


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Meaning

to hold back, to restrain, to control (oneself)

Pronunciation

liǎn

Explanation

Left: together (A person as one is with three ツ together.), right: to strike 攵/ (hand with a stick )

Mnemonic

When you together are striking, (each single one) can hold back.

Radicals

together
rap, strike(Shows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: )
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Vocabulary

收敛 shōu liǎn to vanish; to moderate; to exercise restraint; to curb (ones' mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; to converge
横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
聚敛 jù liǎn to extort taxation; to become wealthy by extortion


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