| 收敛锋芒 |
shōu liǎn fēng máng |
to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty |
| 收 |
shōu |
to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) |
| 收敛 |
shōu liǎn |
to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish / to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge |
| 敛 |
liǎn |
(literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself) / to collect; to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] |
| 敛 |
liàn |
variant of 殓 |
| 锋 |
fēng |
point of a spear / edge of a tool / vanguard / forward (in sports team) |
| 锋芒 |
fēng máng |
tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard |
| 芒 |
máng |
awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan |