xiū​liàn​chéng​xiān

to achieve immortality

  • created sense approved 修炼成仙/修煉成仙 · xiū​liàn​chéng​xiān · to achieve immortality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    修炼成仙 / 修煉成仙

    xiū​liàn​chéng​xiān

    to achieve immortality

    To perform spiritual cultivation or religious austerities to become a Daoist immortal; figuratively used to mean practice makes perfect.

    修炼 (literal) → 修炼/修煉 · xiū​liàn · to practice asceticism 成仙 (literal) → 成仙 · chéng​xiān · to become an immortal

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