炼丹八卦炉

liàn dān bā guà lú

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Definitions

1. eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality
2. symbol of the alchemist's art
3. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

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Child Words of 炼丹八卦炉

• 八 八 bā: eight; 8
• 八卦 八卦 bā guà: the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[yì jīng]
• 炼 炼 liàn: to refine
• 丹 丹 dān: red
• 卦 卦 guà: divinatory diagram
• 炼丹 炼丹 liàn dān: to concoct pills of immortality
• 炉 炉 lú: stove