炼 liàn
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- 9
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
炼
liàn
to refine; to smelt; to temper through training
Character
Example phrases
- 这座工厂曾以炼铜闻名，如今正转型生产高端合金。 Zhè zuò gōngchǎng céng yǐ liàn tóng wénmíng, rújīn zhèng zhuǎnxíng shēngchǎn gāoduān héjīn. This factory was once known for smelting copper and is now transforming itself to produce high-end alloys.
- 工人们把铁矿石放进炉子里炼成钢。 Gōngrénmen bǎ tiěkuàngshí fàng jìn lúzi lǐ liàn chéng gāng. The workers put iron ore into the furnace and smelt it into steel.
- 每天早上跑步，是为了炼出一个好身体。 Měi tiān zǎoshang pǎobù, shì wèile liàn chū yí ge hǎo shēntǐ. Running every morning is to forge a strong body.
Related words
- 锻炼 duànliàn to exercise
- 磨炼 móliàn to temper; to steel; to train through hardship
- 提炼 tíliàn to extract; to refine; to distil
- 生产线 shēngchǎnxiàn production line
- 枯竭 kūjié depleted; exhausted
- 能耗 nénghào energy consumption
- 埋藏 máicáng to bury; to hide underground
- 龙头 lóngtóu leader; leading enterprise; tap; faucet
- 勘探 kāntàn to prospect; to explore
- 开发区 kāifāqū development zone
- 开采 kāicǎi to mine; to extract
- 开发商 kāifāshāng property developer; developer