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精练

jīng liàn

2-character word Traditional 精練

What 精练 means

1. (textiles) to scour
2. to degum (silk)
3. variant of {精炼|jīng liàn}

The characters in 精练

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill

Sounds the same

Read jīng liàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 精炼to refine (a substance); to purify; to refine (one's skills, writing etc)