收束
shōu shù
Pinyin

Definition

收束
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shōu shù
  1. to constrict
  2. to draw tight
  3. to gather (one's thoughts)
  4. to bring to a close
  5. to pack (for a journey)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

收
shōu
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to collect
  4. 4 to put away
  5. 5 to restrain
  6. 6 to stop
  7. 7 in care of (used on address line after name)
收到
shōu dào
  1. 1 to receive
收拾
shōu shi
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to pack
  4. 4 to repair
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
收获
shōu huò
  1. 1 variant of 收穫|收获[shōu huò]
收藏
shōu cáng
  1. 1 to hoard
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 collection
  4. 4 to bookmark (Internet)
结束
jié shù
  1. 1 termination
  2. 2 to finish
  3. 3 to end
  4. 4 to conclude
  5. 5 to close
吸收
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit
回收
huí shōu
  1. 1 to recycle
  2. 2 to reclaim
  3. 3 to retrieve
  4. 4 to recover
  5. 5 to recall (a defective product)
接收
jiē shōu
  1. 1 reception (of transmitted signal)
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to accept
  4. 4 to admit
  5. 5 to take over (e.g. a factory)
  6. 6 to expropriate
收入
shōu rù
  1. 1 to take in
  2. 2 income
  3. 3 revenue
  4. 4 CL:筆|笔[bǐ],個|个[gè]
收取
shōu qǔ
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to collect
收回
shōu huí
  1. 1 to regain
  2. 2 to retake
  3. 3 to take back
  4. 4 to withdraw
  5. 5 to revoke
收场
shōu chǎng
  1. 1 the end
  2. 2 an ending
  3. 3 to wind down
  4. 4 to conclude
收尾
shōu wěi
  1. 1 to wind up
  2. 2 to bring to an end
  3. 3 to finish
收工
shōu gōng
  1. 1 to stop work for the day (generally of laborers)
  2. 2 to knock off
收复
shōu fù
  1. 1 to recover (lost territory etc)
  2. 2 to recapture
收心
shōu xīn
  1. 1 to concentrate on the task
  2. 2 to curb one's evil instincts
收敛
shōu liǎn
  1. 1 to dwindle
  2. 2 to vanish
  3. 3 to make vanish
  4. 4 to exercise restraint
  5. 5 to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)
  6. 6 to astringe
  7. 7 (math.) to converge
收留
shōu liú
  1. 1 to offer shelter
  2. 2 to have sb in one's care
收益
shōu yì
  1. 1 earnings
  2. 2 profit

Idioms (20)

兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
  1. 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
  2. 2 eclectic
  3. 3 all-embracing
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
  1. 1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 both virtue and reward
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
收残缀轶
shōu cán zhuì yì
  1. 1 to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
早动手，早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
  1. 1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
束手待毙
shù shǒu dài bì
  1. 1 to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
  2. 2 to resign oneself to extinction
束手无策
shù shǒu wú cè
  1. 1 lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
泼水难收
pō shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change
无拘无束
wú jū wú shù
  1. 1 free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
  2. 2 unbuttoned
  3. 3 without care or worries
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
  1. 1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
草率收兵
cǎo shuài shōu bīng
  1. 1 to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
  2. 2 half-baked
草草收兵
cǎo cǎo shōu bīng
  1. 1 to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
  2. 2 half-baked
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
  2. 2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
  4. 4 the damage is done
  5. 5 once divorced, there's no reuniting
见好就收
jiàn hǎo jiù shōu
  1. 1 to quit while one is ahead (idiom)
  2. 2 to know when to stop
鸣金收兵
míng jīn shōu bīng
  1. 1 to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
鸣金收军
míng jīn shōu jūn
  1. 1 to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat

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