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HSK
to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *煉* | 煉* | *煉
to refine / to smelt
HSK 7-9
to extract (ore, minerals etc) / to refine / to purify / to process
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鍊* | 鍊* | *鍊
variant of 鏈|链, chain / variant of 煉|炼
HSK 7-9
to smelt metal
to refine with fire
oil refinery
iron foundry
variant of 洗練|洗练
(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
alchemist
(chemistry) to refine
to concoct pills of immortality
purgatory
alchemy
to make steel / steelmaking
oil refinery
to smelt
maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life
to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable
smelting iron
coking / the process of producing coke from coal
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
coking furnace
to condense milk (by evaporation) / condensed milk
steel mill
a delicacy (food)
condensed milk
variant of 凝練|凝练
to be tempered into a steel
refinery (of oil etc)
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect
a furnace for smelting metal
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc)
to polish a phrase
to craft one's words
high-grade well-tempered steel
variant of 磨練|磨练
variant of 簡練|简练
physical exercise


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