练 (練) liàn

  1. liàn verb to practice; to drill; to exercise; to train
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '練'; Guoyu '練' v 2; Kroll 2015 '練' 3, p. 267; Unihan '練')
  2. liàn verb to soften silk by boiling it
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '練' v 1; Kroll 2015 '練' 1, p. 267)
  3. liàn verb to refine; to purify
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '練' 1a, p. 267)
  4. liàn noun white silk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '練' n 1; Kroll 2015 '練' 2, p. 267)
  5. liàn verb to select
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '練' 4, p. 267)
  6. liàn verb to smelt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 鍊 (Kroll 2015 '練' 4, p. 267)
  7. liàn adjective proficient
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '練' adv)
  8. liàn proper noun Lian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '練' n 2)

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