Word information
Simplified炼狱
Traditional煉獄
Pinyinliàn yù
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 炼狱
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
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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
地狱dìyùhell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive
监狱jiānyùprison
炼liànto refine; to smelt; variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain; variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
磨炼móliànvariant of 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]
提炼tíliànto extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process