Chinese word dictionary

冶炼

yě liàn · to smelt metal

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Word information

Simplified冶炼

Traditional冶煉

Pinyinyě liàn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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冶yě

to smelt, to fuse metals, to cast

炼liàn

to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense

How to learn 冶炼

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锻炼duànliàn

to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself

炼liàn

to refine; to smelt; variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain; variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

磨炼móliàn

variant of 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]

陶冶táoyě

lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate

提炼tíliàn

to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process