| 1 | 炼 | 鍊 | liàn | lian4 | to refine; to smelt; variant of 链 | | |
| 2 | 炼钢 | 煉鋼 | liàn gāng | lian4 gang1 | steelmaking | | |
| 3 | 炼丹 | 煉丹 | liàn dān | lian4 dan1 | to concoct pills of immortality | | |
| 4 | 炼字 | 煉字 | liàn zì | lian4 zi4 | to craft one's words | | |
| 5 | 炼制 | 煉製 | liàn zhì | lian4 zhi4 | (chemistry) to refine | | |
| 6 | 炼之未定 | 煉之未定 | liàn zhī wèi dìng | lian4 zhi1 wei4 ding4 | to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision | | |
| 7 | 炼珍 | 煉珍 | liàn zhēn | lian4 zhen1 | a delicacy (food) | | |
| 8 | 炼狱 | 煉獄 | liàn yù | lian4 yu4 | purgatory | | |
| 9 | 炼油厂 | 煉油廠 | liàn yóu chǎng | lian4 you2 chang3 | oil refinery | | |
| 10 | 炼油 | 煉油 | liàn yóu | lian4 you2 | oil refinery | | |
| 11 | 炼铁厂 | 煉鐵廠 | liàn tiě chǎng | lian4 tie3 chang3 | iron foundry | | |
| 12 | 炼铁 | 煉鐵 | liàn tiě | lian4 tie3 | smelting iron | | |
| 13 | 炼石补天 | 煉石補天 | liàn shí bǔ tiān | lian4 shi2 bu3 tian1 | to have supernatural power to remedy a situation (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 炼乳 | 煉乳 | liàn rǔ | lian4 ru3 | to condense milk (by evaporation); condensed milk | | |
| 15 | 炼奶 | 煉奶 | liàn nǎi | lian4 nai3 | condensed milk | | |
| 16 | 炼句 | 煉句 | liàn jù | lian4 ju4 | to polish a phrase | | |
| 17 | 炼金术士 | 煉金術士 | liàn jīn shù shì | lian4 jin1 shu4 shi4 | alchemist | | |
| 18 | 炼金术 | 煉金術 | liàn jīn shù | lian4 jin1 shu4 | alchemy | | |
| 19 | 炼焦炉 | 煉焦爐 | liàn jiāo lú | lian4 jiao1 lu2 | coking furnace | | |
| 20 | 炼焦 | 煉焦 | liàn jiāo | lian4 jiao1 | coking; the process of producing coke from coal | | |
| 21 | 炼化 | 煉化 | liàn huà | lian4 hua4 | to refine; refining (e.g. oil, chemicals etc) | | |
| 22 | 炼钢厂 | 煉鋼廠 | liàn gāng chǎng | lian4 gang1 chang3 | steel mill | | |
| 23 | 炼丹术 | 煉丹術 | liàn dān shù | lian4 dan1 shu4 | maker of immortality pill; concocting magic pills | | |
| 24 | 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 | | |