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炼
煉
lian4
- to refine; to smelt
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炼
鍊
lian4
- variant of 鏈|链, chain; variant of 煉|炼
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9 |
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5 |
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百炼成钢
百煉成鋼
bai3 lian4 cheng2 gang1
- to be tempered into a steel
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百炼钢
百煉鋼
bai3 lian4 gang1
- high-grade well-tempered steel
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煅炼
煅煉
duan4 lian4
- to forge; to toughen; to temper
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锻炼
鍛鍊
duan4 lian4
- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
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简炼
簡煉
jian3 lian4
- variant of 簡練|简练
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精炼
精煉
jing1 lian4
- to refine (a substance); to purify; to refine (one's skills, writing etc); refined; polished; succinct; skilled; capable
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精炼厂
精煉廠
jing1 lian4 chang3
- refinery (of oil etc)
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炼丹
煉丹
lian4 dan1
- to concoct pills of immortality
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炼丹八卦炉
煉丹八卦爐
lian4 dan1 ba1 gua4 lu2
- eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
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炼丹术
煉丹術
lian4 dan1 shu4
- maker of immortality pill; concocting magic pills
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炼钢
煉鋼
lian4 gang1
- steelmaking
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炼钢厂
煉鋼廠
lian4 gang1 chang3
- steel mill
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炼化
煉化
lian4 hua4
- to refine; refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc)
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炼焦
煉焦
lian4 jiao1
- coking; the process of producing coke from coal
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炼焦炉
煉焦爐
lian4 jiao1 lu2
- coking furnace
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炼金术
煉金術
lian4 jin1 shu4
- alchemy
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炼金术士
煉金術士
lian4 jin1 shu4 shi4
- alchemist
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炼句
煉句
lian4 ju4
- to polish a phrase
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炼奶
煉奶
lian4 nai3
- condensed milk
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炼乳
煉乳
lian4 ru3
- to condense milk (by evaporation); condensed milk
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炼铁
煉鐵
lian4 tie3
- smelting iron
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炼铁厂
煉鐵廠
lian4 tie3 chang3
- iron foundry
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炼油
煉油
lian4 you2
- oil refinery
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炼油厂
煉油廠
lian4 you2 chang3
- oil refinery
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炼狱
煉獄
lian4 yu4
- purgatory
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炼珍
煉珍
lian4 zhen1
- a delicacy (food)
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炼之未定
煉之未定
lian4 zhi1 wei4 ding4
- to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
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炼制
煉製
lian4 zhi4
- (chemistry) to refine
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炼字
煉字
lian4 zi4
- to craft one's words
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磨炼
磨煉
mo2 lian4
- see 磨練|磨练
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凝炼
凝煉
ning2 lian4
- variant of 凝練|凝练
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炮炼
炮煉
pao2 lian4
- to parch and refine medicinal herbs
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千锤百炼
千錘百鍊
qian1 chui2 bai3 lian4
- after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life
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熔炼
熔煉
rong2 lian4
- to smelt
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试炼
試煉
shi4 lian4
- to refine with fire
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提炼
提煉
ti2 lian4
- to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process
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体育锻炼
體育鍛煉
ti3 yu4 duan4 lian4
- physical exercise
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洗炼
洗煉
xi3 lian4
- variant of 洗練|洗练
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修炼
修煉
xiu1 lian4
- (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
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修炼成仙
修煉成仙
xiu1 lian4 cheng2 xian1
- lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal; practice makes perfect
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冶炼
冶煉
ye3 lian4
- to smelt metal
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冶炼炉
冶煉爐
ye3 lian4 lu2
- a furnace for smelting metal
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真金不怕火炼
真金不怕火煉
zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4
- True gold fears no fire. (idiom)