created sense approved 冶炼/冶煉 · yěliàn · to smelt — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
冶炼 / 冶煉
yěliàn
to smelt
to extract metal from ore by heating, melting, or electrolysis
冶 (literal) → 冶 · yě · to smelt 炼 (literal) → 炼/煉 · liàn · to refine
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 冶炼/冶煉 · yěliàn · to refine — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
冶炼 / 冶煉
yěliàn
to refine
to remove impurities from metal to make it pure
冶 (literal) → 冶 · yě · to smelt 炼 (literal) → 炼/煉 · liàn · to refine
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition