Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
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炼 | 煉 | liàn | - to refine - to smelt |
炼 | 鍊 | liàn | - variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain - variant of 煉|炼[lian4] |
修炼 | 修煉 | xiūliàn | - (of Taoists) to practice austerities - to practice asceticism |
冶炼 | 冶煉 | yěliàn | - to smelt metal |
凝炼 | 凝煉 | níngliàn | - variant of 凝練|凝练[ning2 lian4] |
提炼 | 提煉 | tíliàn | - to extract (ore, minerals etc) - to refine - to purify - to process |
洗炼 | 洗煉 | xǐliàn | - variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4] |
炮炼 | 炮煉 | páoliàn | - to parch and refine medicinal herbs |
煅炼 | 煅煉 | duànliàn | - to forge - to toughen - to temper |
炼丹 | 煉丹 | liàndān | - to concoct pills of immortality |
炼乳 | 煉乳 | liànrǔ | - to condense milk (by evaporation) - condensed milk |
炼化 | 煉化 | liànhuà | - to refine - refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) |
炼句 | 煉句 | liànjù | - to polish a phrase |
炼奶 | 煉奶 | liànnǎi | - condensed milk |
炼字 | 煉字 | liànzì | - calligraphy practice - to search for the right word |
炼油 | 煉油 | liànyóu | - oil refinery |
炼焦 | 煉焦 | liànjiāo | - coking - the process of producing coke from coal |
炼狱 | 煉獄 | liànyù | - purgatory |
炼珍 | 煉珍 | liànzhēn | - a delicacy (food) |
炼钢 | 煉鋼 | liàngāng | - steelmaking |
炼铁 | 煉鐵 | liàntiě | - smelting iron |
熔炼 | 熔煉 | róngliàn | - to smelt |
磨炼 | 磨煉 | móliàn | - see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4] |
简炼 | 簡煉 | jiǎnliàn | - variant of 簡練|简练[jian3 lian4] |
精炼 | 精煉 | jīngliàn | - to refine - to purify - smart and capable - concise - succinct - terse - well-trained |
试炼 | 試煉 | shìliàn | - to refine with fire |
锻炼 | 鍛煉 | duànliàn | - to engage in physical exercise - to work out - to toughen - to temper |
冶炼炉 | 冶煉爐 | yěliànlú | - a furnace for smelting metal |
炼丹术 | 煉丹術 | liàndānshù | - maker of immortality pill - concocting magic pills |
炼油厂 | 煉油廠 | liànyóuchǎng | - oil refinery |
炼焦炉 | 煉焦爐 | liànjiāolú | - coking furnace |
炼金术 | 煉金術 | liànjīnshù | - alchemy |
炼钢厂 | 煉鋼廠 | liàngāngchǎng | - steel mill |
炼铁厂 | 煉鐵廠 | liàntiěchǎng | - iron foundry |
百炼钢 | 百煉鋼 | bǎiliàngāng | - high-grade well-tempered steel |
精炼厂 | 精煉廠 | jīngliànchǎng | - refinery (of oil etc) |
修炼成仙 | 修煉成仙 | xiūliànchéngxiān | - lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal - practice makes perfect |
千锤百炼 | 千錘百鍊 | qiānchuíbǎiliàn | - after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) - the vicissitudes of life |
炼之未定 | 煉之未定 | liànzhīwèidìng | - to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision |
炼金术士 | 煉金術士 | liànjīnshùshì | - alchemist |
百炼成钢 | 百煉成鋼 | bǎiliànchénggāng | - to be tempered into a steel |
体育锻炼 | 體育鍛煉 | tǐyùduànliàn | - physical exercise |
炼丹八卦炉 | 煉丹八卦爐 | liàndānbāguàlú | - eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality - symbol of the alchemist's art - Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble |
真金不怕火炼 | 真金不怕火煉 | zhēnjīnbùpàhuǒliàn | - True gold fears no fire. (idiom) |
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