修煉

See also: 修炼

Chinese
 
to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate
 refine; smelt
trad. (修煉/修鍊) 修 煉/鍊
simp. (修炼) 修 炼
variant forms 修練／修练

Pronunciation

Verb

修煉

  1. (Taoism) to meditate
  2. (by extension) to practice asceticism

Noun

修煉

  1. (Taoism) meditation, especially in the hope of magically creating immortality elixir or philter
  2. (by extension) any form of meditation or practice of asceticism; cultivation practice
    修煉的標準是嚴格。 [MSC, trad.]
    修炼的标准是严格。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiūliàn de biāozhǔn shì yángé. [Pinyin]
    Strictness is the standard of cultivation practice.

Derived terms
  • 修煉者／修炼者
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