"炼" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 炼 |  liàn | variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4] |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results beginning with 炼 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼狱 | liàn yù | purgatory | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼油 | liàn yóu | oil refinery | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼制 | liàn zhì | (chemistry) to refine | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼丹 | liàn dān | to concoct pills of immortality | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼钢 | liàn gāng | to make steel / steelmaking | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼焦 | liàn jiāo | coking / the process of producing coke from coal | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼铁 | liàn tiě | smelting iron | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼乳 | liàn rǔ | to condense milk (by evaporation) / condensed milk | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼化 | liàn huà | to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼句 | liàn jù | to polish a phrase | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼奶 | liàn nǎi | condensed milk | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼珍 | liàn zhēn | a delicacy (food) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 炼字 | liàn zì | to craft one's words | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 炼油厂 | liàn yóu chǎng | oil refinery | |
| 炼钢厂 | liàn gāng chǎng | steel mill | |
| 炼铁厂 | liàn tiě chǎng | iron foundry | |
| 炼丹术 | liàn dān shù | maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills | |
| 炼焦炉 | liàn jiāo lú | coking furnace | |
| 炼金术 | liàn jīn shù | alchemy | |
| 炼糖厂 | liàn táng chǎng | refinery | |
| 炼金术士 | liàn jīn shù shì | alchemist | |
| 炼之未定 | liàn zhī wèi dìng | to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision | |
| 炼丹八卦炉 | liàn dān bā guà lú | eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble | |
Approximate Results for 炼 | ||||
| 锻炼 | duàn liàn | to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself | | |
| 修炼 | xiū liàn | (of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism | | |
| 提炼 | tí liàn | to extract (ore, minerals etc) / to refine / to purify / to process | | |
| 冶炼 | yě liàn | to smelt metal | | |
| 精炼 | jīng liàn | to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable | | |
| 磨炼 | mó liàn | variant of 磨練|磨练[mo2lian4] | | |
| 熔炼 | róng liàn | to smelt | | |
| 煅炼 | duàn liàn | to forge / to toughen / to temper | | |
| 简炼 | jiǎn liàn | variant of 簡練|简练[jian3 lian4] | | |
| 凝炼 | níng liàn | variant of 凝練|凝练[ning2 lian4] | | |
| 炮炼 | páo liàn | to parch and refine medicinal herbs | | |
| 试炼 | shì liàn | to refine with fire | | |
| 项炼 | xiàng liàn | necklace | | |
| 洗炼 | xǐ liàn | variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4] | | |
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| 熔炼法 | smelting process | | |
| 百炼钢 | bǎi liàn gāng | high-grade well-tempered steel | |
| 精炼厂 | jīng liàn chǎng | refinery (of oil etc) | |
| 冶炼炉 | yě liàn lú | a furnace for smelting metal | |
| 体育锻炼 | tǐ yù duàn liàn | physical exercise | |
| 千锤百炼 | qiān chuí bǎi liàn | after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life | |
| 百炼成钢 | bǎi liàn chéng gāng | to be tempered into a steel | |
| 精炼设备 | jīng liàn shè bèi | refinery | |
| 修炼成仙 | xiū liàn chéng xiān | lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect | |
| 铀提炼技术 | uranium extraction technology | | |
| 精炼可卡因 | cocaine freebase | | |
| 真金不怕火炼 | zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn | True gold fears no fire. (idiom) | |
| 提炼可卡因精华 | free-basing | | |
| 可卡因提炼实验室 | cocaine-conversion laboratory | | |
| 利比里亚炼油公司 | Liberia Petroleum Refining Company | |
