提炼 - Refine - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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提炼

refine

提

to bring up

炼

to smelt

ti2lian4 • tíliàn

refine

refining, refined, refines, to refine

When you 提炼 refine something, you 炼 smelt it down, then 提 bring up only the pure stuff you want from the melted substance.

提炼金属需要高温。

Refining metal require high temperatures.

我们必须提炼这个过程。

We must refine this process.

提炼原油

refine crude oil