| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 炼 | 煉 | liàn | - to refine - to smelt |
| 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 |
| 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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