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liǎn

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liǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liǎn | lian3
English translation
to collect, to extort

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About liǎn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

liǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

strike

Etymology of liǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

佥攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of liǎn .

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Example sentences using liǎn

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Qīng dàn 饮食 yǐnshí Néng Qīng 防暑 liǎn hán 补液 bǔ yè , Huán Néng 增进 zēng jìn 食欲 shí yù .

Qingre light dietLianzhi Khan, rehydration, also enhance the appetite.

言辞 yán cí 激烈 jīliè de 右翼 yòu yì 领袖 lǐngxiù zài 会后收敛 shōu liǎn le de 好战 hào zhàn 言论 yánlùn

The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.

虽然 suīrán 性格 xìnggé 极为 jí wéi 内敛 nèi liǎn dàn 喜欢 xǐhuan rén 接触 jiēchù

Even though I'm quite a reserved person, I like meeting people.

该书 suǒ 描绘 miáohuì de 世界 shìjiè 似乎 sìhū 过分 guòfèn 刻意 kè yì de 追求 zhuīqiú 文学性过于 guòyú 内敛 nèi liǎn 含蓄 hán xù

The world which the book inhabits seems too self-consciously literary, too introverted.

Words with liǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
收敛 shōu liǎn to dwindle收斂
liǎn to hold back liǎn
敛财 liǎn cái to accumulate wealth斂財
聚敛 jù liǎn to accumulate聚斂
收敛性 shōu liǎn xìng astringent收斂性
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橫征暴斂
敛钱 liǎn qián to collect money斂錢
暴敛 bào liǎn to overtax暴斂
敛迹 liǎn jì to refrain斂跡
敛步 liǎn bù to restrain motion斂步

liǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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