汇集 (huì jí): Để thu thập

Every year before the Spring Festival, tourists from all over the country gather in this small town to taste authentic local snacks.

To prepare for this charity dinner, the staff collected donations from all sectors of society, eventually raising one million yuan.

After five years of effort, the scientists collected a large amount of experimental data and finally found a treatment for this rare disease.

This river collects dozens of small streams along its course, growing larger and larger, and finally empties into the sea.