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提炼

tíliàn

to extract; to refine; to distil

A person distilling golden oil into one small bottle.
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Characters in this word

提 tí

Strokes
12
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 是 to be
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

炼 liàn

Strokes
9
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 柬 card, letter, invitation, note
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 炼

Example phrases

  • 作者从大量口述史资料中提炼出三条贯穿全文的线索。 Zuòzhě cóng dàliàng kǒushùshǐ zīliào zhōng tíliàn chū sān tiáo guànchuān quánwén de xiànsuǒ. From a large amount of oral-history material, the author distilled three threads that run through the whole text.
  • 从石油中可以提炼出汽油、柴油等产品。 Cóng shíyóu zhōng kěyǐ tíliàn chū qìyóu, cháiyóu děng chǎnpǐn. Petrol, diesel and other products can be extracted from petroleum.
  • 他从失败中提炼出了宝贵的经验。 Tā cóng shībài zhōng tíliàn chū le bǎoguì de jīngyàn. He distilled valuable lessons from his failures.

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