in English

liàn verb
to refine / to smelt / variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 鍊, the traditional character: 炼 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

  • Small seal script: 鍊 Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 油是从橄榄中提炼出来的。

    Oil is extracted from olives.

  • 游泳锻炼肌肉。

    Swimming develops your muscles.

  • 这以后要经常锻炼,我买了点补药给你吃吃看。

    From now on, you should exercise regularly. I bought some health supplements for you to try.

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