炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú

DEFINITIONS

  1. eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality
  2. symbol of the alchemist's art
  3. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

CHARACTERS

炼 liàn
HSK 3
smelt, refine; distill, condense
丹 dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
八 bā
HSK 1
eight; all around, all sides
卦 guà fortune telling; tell fortunes
炉 lú
HSK 6
fireplace, stove, oven, furnace