炼

to refine / to smelt

variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

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

(of Taoists) to practice austerities / to practice asceticism

to smelt metal

to condense milk (by evaporation) / condensed milk

to concoct pills of immortality

(chemistry) to refine

to refine / refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc)

eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

maker of immortality pill / concocting magic pills

to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision

to polish a phrase

condensed milk

to craft one's words

physical exercise

lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal / practice makes perfect

a furnace for smelting metal

variant of 凝練|凝练[ning2 lian4]

after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life

variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4]

to parch and refine medicinal herbs