炼金药 / 煉金藥

liàn​jīn​yào

elixir

a substance once believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold or of providing eternal life

炼 (literal) → 炼/煉 · liàn · to decoct 金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · metal 药 (literal) → 药/藥 · yào · medicine

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM