liàn

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  • 1

    v.test; temper with fire; burn

    • liàn shān

      set fire on a mountain

    • duàn liàn

      take exercise

    • mó liàn

      steel

  • 2

    v.smelt; refine

    • tā men zài liàn táng

      他们

      They are refining sugar.

    • zhè shì cóng shí yóu zhōng liàn chu lai de

      石油出来

      It is refined from oil.

    • jiāng zhè xiē yuán cái liào liàn chéng gāng

      这些原材料

      Refine these matirals into steel.

  • 3

    v.choose one's words carefully; polish the wording; weigh one's word; seek the right phrase

    • liàn jù

      polish a sentence

    • liàn zì

      think hard to choose the right word

Words and phrases with 炼

Word usage

  • Note
    "炼" is different from "练". "炼" refers to smelting with fire. "锤炼"; "炼"cannot be written as "练" in "锻炼" and "锤炼" .

Similar-form characters to 炼

Chinese Characters with pinyin liàn

  • white silk; boil and scour raw silk
  • love; feel attached to
  • chain; enchain
  • overflowing; rippling
  • put a body into a coffin