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Information of 炼

Pinyin liàn

Radical

火

Strokes

9 strokes

Usage

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Definition

refine / smelt, refine

炼 (煉、鍊) liàn 1. To purify, toughen, or concentrate a substance through burning or heating methods. 例如: 炼钢 (smelting steel), 炼焦 (coking), 炼油 (refining oil), 炼乳 (concentrating milk), 炼狱 (refining hell), 锤炼 (forging). 2. To refine through careful contemplation or practice. 例如: 炼字 (refine characters), 炼句 (refine sentences). 【本义】: 提炼 (the original meaning: to refine) 【造字法】: 形声; 从火，柬声 (phonetic-ideographic structure comprising 'fire' and a phonetic element). 1. The same as the original meaning: to melt a material through heating methods and make it pure or tough. [En.] smelt; refine. 2. To cultivate, temper, or develop oneself. [En.] cultivate and temper oneself. 3. Metaphorically, to work hard to achieve refinement. [En.] polish. 引 1. "说文": 炼, 铄冶金也 (In "Shuowen": "lian" refers to smelting and refining metals). 2. Jiang Yan's "Zati Poetry": 鍊药瞩虚幌 (to refine medicine, observing the stillness). 3. Han Feizi: 公宫令舍之堂，皆以炼铜为柱质 (The halls of the public palace were all made of smelted copper pillars). 4. Liu Kun's "重赠卢谌": 何意百炼钢，化为绕指柔 (What does it mean that hardened steel becomes as soft as silk around the fingers?). 例如: 提炼 (extract using physical or chemical methods), 精炼 (refine the essence, removing impurities), 炼石 (burn and refine alchemical stones), 炼金 (alchemy), 炼汞 (burning and refining mercury to make elixirs). 2. To cultivate, temper, or develop oneself. 引 1. "抱朴子": 服此二物，炼人身体 (Taking these two items refines the human body). 例如: 炼丹 (cultivating inner alchemy through energy work), 炼性 (cultivation of one's nature), 炼养 (cultivating health). 3. Metaphorically, to work hard to seek improvement. 例如: 炼贫 (skilled at witty banter).

冶炼 yě liàn

to smelt metal

冶炼厂 yě liàn chǎng

smeltery / smelting plant

修炼 xiū liàn

(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism

炼油 liàn yóu

oil refinery

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

炼制 liàn zhì

(chemistry) to refine

炼钢 liàn gāng

steelmaking

提炼 tí liàn

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

炼铁 liàn tiě

smelting iron

炼油厂 liàn yóu chǎng

oil refinery

锤炼 chuí liàn

temper / steel and temper

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

see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]

炼焦 liàn jiāo

coking / the process of producing coke from coal

熔炼 róng liàn

to smelt

炼狱 liàn yù

purgatory

千锤百炼 qiān chuí bǎi liàn

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

炼丹术 liàn dān shù

maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills

炼化 liàn huà

to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc)

熔炼炉 róng liàn lú

melter / smelting furnace

炼丹 liàn dān

to concoct pills of immortality