# 炼 (liàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 炼 (liàn) means “to refine; to smelt”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to refine; to smelt
- Pinyin: liàn (lian4)
- Traditional: 煉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 工人们正在炉边炼钢。
  Gōngrénmen zhèngzài lú biān liàn gāng.
  Workers are smelting steel by the furnace.

https://hanziro.com/word/lian-refine/

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