修炼 xiū liàn

to practice asceticism

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 27818th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to practice asceticism
  2. 2. (of Taoists) to practice austerities

Characters

Character Meaning
修 xiū HSK 4
to repair; to cultivate; to write
炼 liàn HSK 3
to refine; to smelt; variant of 煉liàn