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The character 敛 is a phono-semantic compound. The right-side radical 攵, depicting a hand holding a tool, indicates an action or movement. The left-side component 佥 serves as the phonetic element, guiding its pronunciation. Its traditional form, 斂, follows the same structure with the unsimplified phonetic component 僉. The core meaning refers to the physical act of gathering or pulling things together, as in collecting taxes or harvesting crops. This inward-drawing concept extends to personal behavior, meaning to restrain oneself or carefully control one's outward expressions and actions.
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请收敛一点。
他收敛了嚣张的气焰。
公司需要敛财以渡难关。
她努力敛起悲伤的情绪。
在公众场合，他总能收敛自己的个性。
为了团队和谐，他决定敛藏自己的意见。
经过多次劝告，他终于敛起了以往的傲慢。
尽管内心充满不满，他仍然在外表上敛住了所有情绪。