| 1 | 提炼 | 提煉 | tí liàn | ti2 lian4 | to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process | | |
| 2 | 炼 | 煉 | liàn | lian4 | to refine; to smelt; variant of 链 | | |
| 3 | 冶炼 | 冶煉 | yě liàn | ye3 lian4 | to smelt metal | | |
| 4 | 炼钢 | 煉鋼 | liàn gāng | lian4 gang1 | steelmaking | | |
| 5 | 炼丹 | 煉丹 | liàn dān | lian4 dan1 | to concoct pills of immortality | | |
| 6 | 炼化 | 煉化 | liàn huà | lian4 hua4 | to refine; refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) | | |
| 7 | 炼油 | 煉油 | liàn yóu | lian4 you2 | oil refinery | | |
| 8 | 炼铁厂 | 煉鐵廠 | liàn tiě chǎng | lian4 tie3 chang3 | iron foundry | | |
| 9 | 炼铁 | 煉鐵 | liàn tiě | lian4 tie3 | smelting iron | | |
| 10 | 炼乳 | 煉乳 | liàn rǔ | lian4 ru3 | to condense milk (by evaporation); condensed milk | | |
| 11 | 炼奶 | 煉奶 | liàn nǎi | lian4 nai3 | condensed milk | | |
| 12 | 炼句 | 煉句 | liàn jù | lian4 ju4 | to polish a phrase | | |
| 13 | 炼金术士 | 煉金術士 | liàn jīn shù shì | lian4 jin1 shu4 shi4 | alchemist | | |
| 14 | 真金不怕火炼 | 真金不怕火煉 | zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn | zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4 | True gold fears no fire. (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 炼焦炉 | 煉焦爐 | liàn jiāo lú | lian4 jiao1 lu2 | coking furnace | | |
| 16 | 炼焦 | 煉焦 | liàn jiāo | lian4 jiao1 | coking; the process of producing coke from coal | | |
| 17 | 百炼成钢 | 百煉成鋼 | bǎi liàn chéng gāng | bai3 lian4 cheng2 gang1 | to be tempered into a steel | | |
| 18 | 炼钢厂 | 煉鋼廠 | liàn gāng chǎng | lian4 gang1 chang3 | steel mill | | |
| 19 | 炼丹术 | 煉丹術 | liàn dān shù | lian4 dan1 shu4 | maker of immortality pill; concocting magic pills | | |
| 20 | 炼丹八卦炉 | 煉丹八卦爐 | liàn dān bā guà lú | lian4 dan1 ba1 gua4 lu2 | eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble | | |
| 21 | 久经锻炼 | 久經鍛煉 | jiǔ jīng duàn liàn | jiu3 jing1 duan4 lian4 | to have undergone long-term physical training (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 精炼厂 | 精煉廠 | jīng liàn chǎng | jing1 lian4 chang3 | refinery (of oil etc) | | |
| 23 | 精炼 | 精煉 | jīng liàn | jing1 lian4 | to refine (a substance); to purify; to refine (one's skills, writing etc); refined; polished; succinct; skilled; capable | | |
| 24 | 简炼 | 簡煉 | jiǎn liàn | jian3 lian4 | variant of 简练 | | |
| 25 | 煅炼 | 煅煉 | duàn liàn | duan4 lian4 | to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; to toughen; to temper; to forge; to toughen; to temper | | |