锻炼(duàn liàn): to toughen
to toughen
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- duàn liàn
- Meaning
- to toughen
- HSK level
- HSK 4
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 鍛煉
Appears in lessons
锻炼 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 锻炼 — tap one to open its word page.
tí提liàn炼
HSK 7-9to extract (ore, minerals etc)
duàn锻dǎ打
to forge (metal)
duàn锻zào造
to forge (metal)
xiū修liàn炼
(of Taoists) to practice austerities
yě冶liàn炼
to smelt metal
qiān千chuí锤bǎi百liàn炼
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
liàn炼dān丹
to concoct pills of immortality
liàn炼rǔ乳
to condense milk (by evaporation)
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