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Character Decomposition
炼=火+柬
Etymology
fire
Meanings
to refine
to smelt
variant of liàn, chain
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Words with 炼 136 total
Idioms with 炼 8 total Chain
to be tempered into a steel百炼成钢bǎi liàn chéng gāng(idiom) lit. to smelt stones to repair the sky (idiom) · fig. to use one's talents and means to remedy major faults or political errors; also written as 'lian shi bu tian'炼石补天liàn shí bǔ tiānafter hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) · the vicissitudes of life千锤百炼qiān chuí bǎi liànTrue gold fears no fire. (idiom)真金不怕火炼zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn
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