| 炼 | [ liàn ] to refine, to smelt |
| 炼丹 | [ liàn dān ] to concoct pills of immortality |
| 炼丹八卦炉 | [ liàn dān bā guà lú ] eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality, symbol of the alchemist's art, Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble |
| 炼丹术 | [ liàn dān shù ] maker of immortality pill, concocting magic pills |
| 炼之未定 | [ liàn zhī weì dìng ] to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision |
| 炼乳 | [ liàn rǔ ] to condense milk (by evaporation), condensed milk |
| 炼化 | [ liàn huà ] to refine, refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) |
| 炼句 | [ liàn jù ] to polish a phrase |
| 炼奶 | [ liàn naǐ ] condensed milk |
| 炼字 | [ liàn zì ] to craft one's words |
| 炼油 | [ liàn yoú ] oil refinery |
| 炼油厂 | [ liàn yoú chǎng ] oil refinery |
| 炼焦 | [ liàn ] coking, the process of producing coke from coal |
| 炼焦炉 | [ liàn lú ] coking furnace |
| 炼狱 | [ liàn yù ] purgatory |
| 炼珍 | [ liàn zhēn ] a delicacy (food) |
| 炼制 | [ liàn zhì ] (chemistry) to refine |
| 炼金术 | [ liàn jīn shù ] alchemy |
| 炼金术士 | [ liàn jīn shù shì ] alchemist |
| 炼钢 | [ liàn gāng ] steelmaking |
| 炼钢厂 | [ liàn gāng chǎng ] steel mill |
| 炼铁 | [ liàn tiě ] smelting iron |
| 炼铁厂 | [ liàn tiě chǎng ] iron foundry |
| 炼 | [ liàn ] variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain, variant of 煉|炼[lian4] |
| ⇒ 修炼 | [ xiū liàn ] (of Taoists) to practice austerities, to practice asceticism |
| ⇒ 修炼成仙 | [ xiū liàn chéng xiān ] lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal, practice makes perfect |
| ⇒ 冶炼 | [ yě liàn ] to smelt metal |
| ⇒ 冶炼炉 | [ yě liàn lú ] a furnace for smelting metal |
| ⇒ 凝炼 | [ níng liàn ] variant of 凝練|凝练[ning2 lian4] |
| ⇒ 千锤百炼 | [ qiān chuí baǐ liàn ] after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom), the vicissitudes of life |
| ⇒ 提炼 | [ tí liàn ] to extract (ore, minerals etc), to refine, to purify, to process |
| ⇒ 洗炼 | [ xǐ liàn ] variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4] |
| ⇒ 炮炼 | [ paó liàn ] to parch and refine medicinal herbs |
| ⇒ 煅炼 | [ duàn liàn ] to forge, to toughen, to temper |
| ⇒ 熔炼 | [ róng liàn ] to smelt |
| ⇒ 百炼成钢 | [ baǐ liàn chéng gāng ] to be tempered into a steel |
| ⇒ 百炼钢 | [ baǐ liàn gāng ] high-grade well-tempered steel |
| ⇒ 真金不怕火炼 | [ zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn ] True gold fears no fire. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 磨炼 | [ mó liàn ] see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4] |
| ⇒ 简炼 | [ jiǎn liàn ] variant of 簡練|简练[jian3 lian4] |
| ⇒ 精炼 | [ jīng liàn ] to refine (a substance), to purify, to refine (one's skills, writing etc), refined, polished, succinct, skilled, capable |
| ⇒ 精炼厂 | [ jīng liàn chǎng ] refinery (of oil etc) |
| ⇒ 试炼 | [ shì liàn ] to refine with fire |
| ⇒ 锻炼 | [ duàn liàn ] to toughen, to temper, to engage in physical exercise, to work out, (fig.) to develop one's skills, to train oneself |
| ⇒ 体育锻炼 | [ tǐ yù duàn liàn ] physical exercise |
