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炼
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Definitions
- 1. to refine
- 2. to smelt
Words Containing 炼
(of Taoists) to practice austerities
oil refinery
to refine
to toughen
(chemistry) to refine
refinery (of oil etc)
condensed milk
a furnace for smelting metal
high-grade well-tempered steel
to be tempered into a steel
physical exercise
to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
a delicacy (food)
to make steel
to refine with fire
see 磨練|磨练[mó liàn]
to smelt metal
to craft one's words
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal
purgatory
to condense milk (by evaporation)
smelting iron
to extract (ore, minerals etc)
oil refinery
eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality
steel mill
alchemy
coking
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
maker of immortality pill
to concoct pills of immortality
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
coking furnace
to smelt
alchemist
to refine (a substance)
to polish a phrase
iron foundry