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  *煉* | 煉* | *煉
to refine / to smelt
HSK 7-9
to extract (ore, minerals etc) / to refine / to purify / to process
HSK 7-9
to smelt metal
to refine with fire
(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism
(chemistry) to refine
to concoct pills of immortality
purgatory
oil refinery
alchemy
to make steel / steelmaking
oil refinery
to smelt
maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills
to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable
alchemist
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
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
variant of 洗練|洗练
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 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
steel mill
iron foundry
high-grade well-tempered steel
variant of 磨練|磨练
variant of 簡練|简练
physical exercise


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