炼丹
liàn dān
Pinyin

Definition

炼丹
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liàn dān
  1. to concoct pills of immortality

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丹心
dān xīn
  1. 1 loyal heart
  2. 2 loyalty
丹麦
Dān mài
  1. 1 Denmark
乔丹
Qiáo dān
  1. 1 Jordan (name)
牡丹
Mǔ dan
  1. 1 Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[Hé zé Shì], Shandong
  2. 2 Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
不丹
Bù dān
  1. 1 Bhutan
丹
dān
  1. 1 red
  2. 2 pellet
  3. 3 powder
  4. 4 cinnabar
丹佛
Dān fó
  1. 1 Denver, Colorado
丹参
dān shēn
  1. 1 Salvia miltiorrhiza
丹宁
dān níng
  1. 1 (loanword) denim
  2. 2 tannin
丹尼
Dān ní
  1. 1 Danny (name)
丹尼斯
Dān ní sī
  1. 1 Dennis (name)
丹尼尔
Dān ní ěr
  1. 1 Daniel (name)
丹巴
Dān bā
  1. 1 Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
丹东
Dān dōng
  1. 1 Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
丹田
dān tián
  1. 1 pubic region
  2. 2 point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
丹皮
dān pí
  1. 1 the root bark of the peony tree
丹阳
Dān yáng
  1. 1 Danyang county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江[Zhèn jiāng], Jiangsu
丹霞
Dān xiá
  1. 1 Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Sháo guān], Guangdong
  2. 2 Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
丹霞山
Dān xiá Shān
  1. 1 Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Sháo guān], Guangdong
丹青
dān qīng
  1. 1 painting

Idioms (5)

牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lu:4 yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lu:4 yè fú chí
  1. 1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
灵丹妙药
líng dān miào yào
  1. 1 effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
  2. 2 panacea
  3. 3 elixir

Sample Sentences

怪不得他老说抱球啊，云手啊，还说要养气炼丹什么的。
guàibude tā lǎo shuō bàoqiú a ，yúnshǒu a ，hái shuō yào yǎngqì liàndān shénmede 。
No wonder he was always talking about 'chi energy balls' and 'tai-chi cloud hand'. He also talked about cultivating his chi, Taoist alchemy, among other things.
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噢，就是炼丹，对吧？难怪古代的那些皇帝整天都在炼丹，想要长生不老。佛教好像更注重来生。看来中国人和印度人的思想真是不一样。
ō ，jiùshì liàndān ，duì ba ？nánguài gǔdài de nàxiē huángdì zhěngtiān dōu zài liàndān ，xiǎng yào chángshēngbùlǎo 。Fójiào hǎoxiàng gèng zhùzhòng láishēng 。kànlai zhōngguórén hé Yìndùrén de sīxiǎng zhēnshì bù yīyàng 。
Oh, by making pills and concoctions, right? No wonder those emperors of old were making potions all day. They wanted to extend their lives. Buddhism seems to pay more attention to the next life. I guess Chinese and Indian thought really are different.
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