炼 - liàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

to cultivate; cultivation; (to practice) austerities (of Taoists); (to practice) asceticism; (of Taoists) to try to make pills of immortality and cultivate vital energy (etc)

冶炼

yě liàn

to smelt metal

提炼

tí liàn

to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process

炮炼

páo liàn

to parch and refine medicinal herbs

煅炼

duàn liàn

to forge; to toughen; to temper

to smelt

see 磨练

to refine (a substance); to purify; to refine (one's skills, writing etc); refined; polished; succinct; skilled; capable

to refine with fire

to work out; to exercise; to engage in physical exercise

冶炼炉

yě liàn lú

a furnace for smelting metal

百炼钢

bǎi liàn gāng

high-grade well-tempered steel

精炼厂

jīng liàn chǎng

refinery (of oil etc)

physical exercise

(lit.) to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal; practice makes perfect

百炼成钢

bǎi liàn chéng gāng

to be tempered into a steel

Idioms (1)

千锤百炼

qiān chuí bǎi liàn

after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life

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