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练
練
liàn
1.
to practice
2.
to train
3.
to drill
4.
to perfect (one's skill)
5.
exercise
Very Common • Top 2%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
修练
xiūliàn
to practice (an activity)
凝练
níngliàn
concise
团练
tuánliàn
local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old)
干练
gànliàn
capable and experienced
排练
páiliàn
to rehearse
操练
cāoliàn
drill
教练
jiàoliàn
instructor
晨练
chénliàn
morning exercise
历练
lìliàn
to learn through experience
洗练
xǐliàn
agile
演练
yǎnliàn
drill
熟练
shúliàn
practiced
磨练
móliàn
to temper oneself
稳练
wěnliàn
steady and proficient
简练
jiǎnliàn
terse
精练
jīngliàn
concise
练兵
liànbīng
to drill troops
练功
liàngōng
to practice work skill
练字
liànzì
to practice writing characters
练习
liànxí
exercise
Example Sentences (1)
你知道吗？不管春夏秋冬，我练球从来没有休息过一天。
Nǐ zhīdào ma? Bùguǎn chūn xià qiū dōng, wǒ liànqiú cónglái méiyǒu xiūxi guo yìtiān.
Do you know? No matter spring, summer, autumn, or winter, I have never taken a day off from practice.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,004
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,588 of 84,292