炼字 Pronunciation and Pinyin
炼字 Usage and Examples
refine the wording
polish one's writing
Poetry is the art of language. The birth of a good poem should be the course of polishing words, sentences and meanings.
This essay tries to discuss the dialectical relationship between the exact words and exact messages in poetry and forms of reduplication from rhetorical point of view.
The characters in 炼字
Stroke OrderMore words starting with 炼
- liàn炼dān丹practice alchemy, make elixirs
- liàn炼rǔ乳condensed milk
- liàn炼zhì制refine, smelt
- liàn炼zhì制chū出refine, extract
- liàn炼jù句Refine sentences, Polish sentences
- liàn炼yóu油to refine oil; oil refining
- liàn炼yóu油chǎng厂oil refinery
- liàn炼jiāo焦coking
- liàn炼jiāo焦lú炉coke oven, coking oven
- liàn炼yù狱Purgatory
- liàn炼zhēn珍exquisite or delicious food
- liàn炼jīn金shù术Alchemy, Magical transformation
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Open the tool →Questions about 炼字
What does 炼字 mean in Chinese?
炼字 (liàn zì) means “refine the wording, polish one's writing”.
How do you pronounce 炼字?
炼字 is pronounced liàn zì in Mandarin Chinese.
How do you say “refine the wording” in Chinese?
“refine the wording” is 炼字 (liàn zì) in Chinese.
How is 炼字 used in a sentence?
This page has 2 example sentences using 炼字, each with pinyin and an English translation.