敛迹

斂跡
liǎnjì
  1. to refrain
  2. to give up evil (temporarily)
  3. to cover one's traces
  4. to lie low
  5. to retire (from view)

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to cover one's tracks; to go into hiding; to dare not appear in public
  2. (literary) to live in seclusion
  3. (literary) to refrain; to restrain oneself
  4. to cover one's tracks; to go into hiding; to dare not appear in public
  5. to live in seclusion
  6. to refrain; to restrain oneself

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 敛 liǎn
  1. (literary) to hold back
  2. (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
  3. to collect; to gather
  4. Taiwan pr. liàn
=2 迹 jì
  1. footprint
  2. mark
  3. trace
  4. vestige
  5. sign
  6. indication
  7. Taiwan pr. jī
=2 迹 jì variant of 迹 jì
=2 迹 jì variant of 迹 jì

Related entries

忍得住 rěndezhù
  1. to refrain
  2. to be able to endure it
遁形 dùnxíng
  1. to vanish
  2. to hide
  3. to cover one's traces
避风头 bìfēngtou to lie low (until the fuss dies down)
避风 bìfēng
  1. to take shelter from the wind
  2. to lie low
  3. to stay out of trouble
销声匿迹 xiāoshēngnìjì
  1. to vanish without trace (idiom)
  2. to lie low
人生如夢，如影隨形，像個蹩腳的演員，在舞台上虛張聲勢、矯揉造作一小時，然後便銷聲匿跡。人生如白痴講的故事，喧囂吵雜，卻毫無意義。

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Source: Tatoeba

隐伏 yǐnfú
  1. to hide
  2. to lie low
你只好隐伏几个星期。

You'd better lie low for a few weeks.

Source: Tatoeba

埋伏 máifú
  1. to ambush
  2. to lie in wait for
  3. to lie low
  4. ambush
江枫逃跑了，后来月奴生了两个儿子，但是他们中了十二生肖的埋伏，两个移花宫的公主突然来了，她们逼月奴自杀，不久后江枫也自杀了。

Jiang Feng escaped and afterwards Yuenu gave birth to two boys, but the 12 zodiacs had been lying in wait and ambushed them. Suddenly two princesses from Yihua Palace appeared. They made Yuenu kill herself, and shortly after, Jiang Feng committed suicide.

Source: Tatoeba

伏 fú
  1. to lean over
  2. to fall (go down)
  3. to hide (in ambush)
  4. to conceal oneself
  5. to lie low
  6. hottest days of summer
  7. to submit
  8. to concede defeat
  9. to overcome
  10. to subdue
  11. volt
隐藏 yǐncáng
  1. to hide
  2. to conceal
  3. to mask
  4. to shelter
  5. to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden)
  6. to hide oneself
  7. to lie low
  8. to nestle
  9. hidden
  10. implicit
  11. private
  12. covert
  13. recessed (lighting)
泳池被隱藏在地板之下。

The swimming pool is hidden under the floor.

Source: Tatoeba

撤走 chèzǒu
  1. to retire
  2. to remove
  3. to withdraw
  4. to evacuate
退下 tuìxià
  1. to retire
  2. to withdraw
  3. to retreat
  4. to step down
从网上退下来去洗个澡吧。

Get off the internet and take a shower.

Source: Tatoeba

退任 tuìrèn
  1. to retire
  2. to leave one's position
退役 tuìyì
  1. (of military personnel or athletes) to retire
  2. (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
隐退 yǐntuì
  1. to retire (from society, esp. from politics)
  2. to vanish
离休 líxiū
  1. to retire
  2. to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)
退隐 tuìyǐn
  1. to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion
  2. to retire