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炼

liàn

smelt, refine; distill, condense

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Traditional form: 煉

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Example sentences

  • 我需要更经常地锻炼。

    Wǒ xū yào gèng jīng cháng de duàn liàn

    I need to exercise more often.

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  • 我已经好久没有去锻炼了。

    Wǒ yǐ jīng hǎo jiǔ méi yǒu qù duàn liàn le

    I haven't exercised in a long time.

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  • 爬山是锻炼的好方法。

    Pá shān shì duàn liàn de hǎo fāng fǎ

    It's good exercise to climb hills.

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  • 住在大城市的人们一般都缺乏锻炼。

    Zhù zài dà chéng shì de rén men yī bān dōu quē fá duàn liàn

    People living in a big city tend to lack exercise.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 炼

  • 锻炼duàn liàn 4–4 to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
  • 提炼tí liàn 2–4 to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process
  • 炼liàn 4to refine; to smelt