炼

liàn

smelt, refine; distill, condense

How to write 炼, stroke by stroke

to refine; to smelt; variant of 链, chain; variant of 炼

Pictophonetic: semantic 火 (fire), phonetic 柬

Made of 火 + 柬

锻炼duàn liànto toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
炼狱liàn yùpurgatory
试炼shì liànto refine with fire
提炼tí liànto extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process
修炼xiū liàn(of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
炮炼páo liànto parch and refine medicinal herbs
炼丹liàn dānto concoct pills of immortality
炼丹术liàn dān shùmaker of immortality pill; concocting magic pills
炼乳liàn rǔto condense milk (by evaporation); condensed milk
炼化liàn huàto refine; refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc)
炼句liàn jùto polish a phrase
炼奶liàn nǎicondensed milk

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.
油是从橄榄中提炼出来的。
yóu shì cóng gǎn lǎn zhōng tí liàn chū lái de 。
Oil is extracted from olives.
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.
她锻炼时扭伤了脚踝。
tā duàn liàn shí niǔ shāng le jiǎo huái 。
She twisted her ankle while she was doing exercise.
游泳锻炼肌肉。
yóu yǒng duàn liàn jī ròu 。
Swimming develops your muscles.