"炼" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 9
Structure
Decomp. 火七小
Prononciation
Mandarin liàn
Entry Methods
Pinyin lian4
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Cangjie
FKVC
火乂女金
Sijiao 958.9
Wubi OANW
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+70BC
GB2312 C1B6
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 liàn variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
Results beginning with 炼
 liàn yù purgatory
 liàn yóu oil refinery
 liàn zhì (chemistry) to refine
 liàn dān to concoct pills of immortality
 liàn gāng to make steel / steelmaking
 liàn jiāo coking / the process of producing coke from coal
 liàn tiě smelting iron
 liàn rǔ to condense milk (by evaporation) / condensed milk
 liàn huà to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc)
 liàn jù to polish a phrase
 liàn nǎi condensed milk
 liàn zhēn a delicacy (food)
 liàn zì to craft one's words
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 liàn yóu chǎng oil refinery
 liàn gāng chǎng steel mill
 liàn tiě chǎng iron foundry
 liàn dān shù maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills
 liàn jiāo lú coking furnace
 liàn jīn shù alchemy
 liàn táng chǎng refinery
 liàn jīn shù shì alchemist
 liàn zhī wèi dìng to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
 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
 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
 xiū liàn (of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
 tí liàn to extract (ore, minerals etc) / to refine / to purify / to process
 yě liàn to smelt metal
 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable
 mó liàn see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]
 róng liàn to smelt
 duàn liàn to forge / to toughen / to temper
 jiǎn liàn variant of 簡練|简练[jian3 lian4]
 níng liàn variant of 凝練|凝练[ning2 lian4]
 páo liàn to parch and refine medicinal herbs
 shì liàn to refine with fire
 xiàng liàn necklace
 xǐ liàn variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4]
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  smelting process
 bǎi liàn gāng high-grade well-tempered steel
 jīng liàn chǎng refinery (of oil etc)
 yě liàn lú a furnace for smelting metal
 tǐ yù duàn liàn physical exercise
 qiān chuí bǎi liàn after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life
 bǎi liàn chéng gāng to be tempered into a steel
 jīng liàn shè bèi refinery
 xiū liàn chéng xiān lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
  uranium extraction technology
  cocaine freebase
 zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
  free-basing
  cocaine-conversion laboratory
  Liberia Petroleum Refining Company
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