liàn炼（煉）
炼（煉）
HSK 7-9
common
verb
noun
Meaning of 炼
炼 means to smelt; to refine; to purify; to burn; to fire. Pronounced liàn. HSK 7-9.
- to smelt; to refine; to purify
- to burn; to fire
- to polish; to refine (text); to temper (oneself)
Character Info
Radical火
Strokes9
Components
火
东
Stroke Order
炼
Definitions & Examples
Zhè这
zuò座
gōng工
chǎng厂
zhuān专
mén门
yòng用
lái来
liàn炼
gāng钢
。
This factory is specifically used for making steel.
Gōng工
rén人
men们
zhèng正
zài在
gāo高
lú炉
páng旁
liàn炼
tiě铁
。
The workers are smelting iron by the blast furnace.
Yuán原
yóu油
jīng经
guò过
tí提
liàn炼
kě可
yǐ以
biàn变
chéng成
qì汽
yóu油
。
Crude oil can be turned into gasoline after refining.
Liàn炼
rǔ乳
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
hěn很
tián甜
de的
nóng浓
suō缩
niú牛
nǎi奶
。
Condensed milk is a very sweet type of concentrated milk.
Bǎi百
liàn炼
chéng成
gāng钢
，
zhǐ只
yǒu有
jīng经
guò过
mó磨
nán难
cái才
néng能
chéng成
gōng功
。
A hundred smeltings make steel; only through hardships can one succeed.
Common Words
锻炼 / 鍛鍊duànliàn
to forge metal; to exercise; to temper oneself
提炼 / 提煉tíliàn
extract; refine; abstract
磨炼 / 磨煉móliàn
temper; steel; hone
炼油 / 煉油liànyóu
refine petroleum; extract oil; render fat
炼乳 / 煉乳liànrǔ
condensed milk
炼丹 / 煉丹liàndān
refine elixirs (Taoist alchemy); painstaking refinement
百炼成钢 / 百煉成鋼bǎiliànchénggāng
becomes tough through long practice
真金不怕火炼 / 真金不怕火煉zhēnjīnbùpàhuǒliàn
true gold fears no fire; true character withstands testing