敛 Stroke Order

to dwindle / to vanish / to make vanish / to exercise restraint / to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge

to accumulate / to gather / to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means / (science) convergent

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force

to accumulate wealth / to rake in money

introverted / reserved / (artistic style) understated

old-fashioned women's obeisance / Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]

to overtax / to extort

to refrain / to give up evil (temporarily) / to cover one's traces / to lie low / to retire (from view)

hold one's breath