created reference approved 外丹 → 内丹/內丹 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
外丹 wàidān
内丹 / 內丹 nèidān
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 外丹 · wàidān · external alchemy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
外丹
wàidān
external alchemy
Daoist practice of using furnaces and crucibles to refine minerals such as lead and mercury into elixirs of immortality
外 (literal) → 外 · wài · outside 丹 (literal) → 丹 · dān · pellet
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 外丹 · wàidān · elixir of immortality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
外丹
wàidān
elixir of immortality
Pill or elixir produced through the practice of external alchemy, such as a golden pill [[金丹|金丹|jin1 dan1]]
外 (literal) → 外 · wài · outside 丹 (literal) → 丹 · dān · pellet
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition