| 煉 | [ liàn ] to refine, to smelt |
| 煉丹 | [ liàn dān ] to concoct pills of immortality |
| 煉丹八卦爐 | [ liàn dān bā guà lú ] eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality, symbol of the alchemist's art, Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble |
| 煉丹術 | [ liàn dān shù ] maker of immortality pill, concocting magic pills |
| 煉之未定 | [ liàn zhī weì dìng ] to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision |
| 煉乳 | [ liàn rǔ ] to condense milk (by evaporation), condensed milk |
| 煉化 | [ liàn huà ] to refine, refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) |
| 煉句 | [ liàn jù ] to polish a phrase |
| 煉奶 | [ liàn naǐ ] condensed milk |
| 煉字 | [ liàn zì ] to craft one's words |
| 煉油 | [ liàn yoú ] oil refinery |
| 煉油廠 | [ liàn yoú chǎng ] oil refinery |
| 煉焦 | [ liàn ] coking, the process of producing coke from coal |
| 煉焦爐 | [ liàn lú ] coking furnace |
| 煉獄 | [ liàn yù ] purgatory |
| 煉珍 | [ liàn zhēn ] a delicacy (food) |
| 煉製 | [ liàn zhì ] (chemistry) to refine |
| 煉金術 | [ liàn jīn shù ] alchemy |
| 煉金術士 | [ liàn jīn shù shì ] alchemist |
| 煉鋼 | [ liàn gāng ] steelmaking |
| 煉鋼廠 | [ liàn gāng chǎng ] steel mill |
| 煉鐵 | [ liàn tiě ] smelting iron |
| 煉鐵廠 | [ liàn tiě chǎng ] iron foundry |
| ⇒ 修煉 | [ xiū liàn ] (of Taoists) to practice austerities, to practice asceticism |
| ⇒ 修煉成仙 | [ xiū liàn chéng xiān ] lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal, practice makes perfect |
| ⇒ 冶煉 | [ yě liàn ] to smelt metal |
| ⇒ 冶煉爐 | [ yě liàn lú ] a furnace for smelting metal |
| ⇒ 凝煉 | [ níng liàn ] variant of 凝練|凝练[ning2 lian4] |
| ⇒ 提煉 | [ tí liàn ] to extract (ore, minerals etc), to refine, to purify, to process |
| ⇒ 洗煉 | [ xǐ liàn ] variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4] |
| ⇒ 炮煉 | [ paó liàn ] to parch and refine medicinal herbs |
| ⇒ 煅煉 | [ duàn liàn ] to forge, to toughen, to temper |
| ⇒ 熔煉 | [ róng liàn ] to smelt |
| ⇒ 百煉成鋼 | [ baǐ liàn chéng gāng ] to be tempered into a steel |
| ⇒ 百煉鋼 | [ baǐ liàn gāng ] high-grade well-tempered steel |
| ⇒ 真金不怕火煉 | [ zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn ] True gold fears no fire. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 磨煉 | [ mó liàn ] see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4] |
| ⇒ 簡煉 | [ jiǎn liàn ] variant of 簡練|简练[jian3 lian4] |
| ⇒ 精煉 | [ jīng liàn ] to refine (a substance), to purify, to refine (one's skills, writing etc), refined, polished, succinct, skilled, capable |
| ⇒ 精煉廠 | [ jīng liàn chǎng ] refinery (of oil etc) |
| ⇒ 試煉 | [ shì liàn ] to refine with fire |
| ⇒ 體育鍛煉 | [ tǐ yù duàn liàn ] physical exercise |