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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斂* | 斂* | *斂
(literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself) / to collect; to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4]
to accumulate wealth / to rake in money
old-fashioned women's obeisance / Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]
to collect money / to raise funds (for charity)
to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *斂* | 斂* | *斂
variant of 殮|殓
(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt
(dialect) to gather up; to throw together


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