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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 炼丹

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
炼丹 liàn dān - to concoct pills of immortality

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 54,682 33,045 49,628

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
炼 liàn- to refine
- to smelt
炼 liàn- variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain
- variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
丹 dān- red
- pellet
- powder
- cinnabar

Other Words Containing 炼丹

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
炼丹 - - 54,682 33,045 49,628