炼（煉）;[鍊]liàn ❶ （用加热等办法使物质纯净或坚韧） refine; smelt; work: 提 ～ refine; extract; abstract; ～ 铁 smelt iron
❷ （烧） temper with fire: 烈火 ～ 真金。 Pure gold was tempered in a blazing fire.
❸ （使词句精美简洁） polish: ～ 字 ～ 句 try to find the right word and the best sentence
◆炼丹 make pills of immortatily; extraction in pellet form prepared with heat; 炼钢 steelmaking; steelification; 炼钢炉 steel-smelting furnace; 炼焦 {化工} coke making; coking; 炼金 gold metallurgy; 炼金术 alchemy; spagirism; 炼乳 condensed milk; biolac; evaporated milk; 炼铁 ironmaking; iron-smelting; 炼油 oil refining; extract oil by heat; rendering; 炼油厂 rendering plant; (oil) refinery; 炼狱 {宗} purgatory; 炼制 {化} refine |