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锻炼

duàn liàn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 鍛鍊

锻炼 (duàn liàn) means "to exercise; to work out". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 锻炼 means

1. to toughen
2. to temper
3. to engage in physical exercise
4. to work out
5. (fig.) to develop one's skills
6. to train oneself

The characters in 锻炼

• 锻duànto forge; to discipline; wrought
• 炼liànto refine; to smelt

Example sentences

• 你还锻炼吗？
  Do you still work out?
• 游泳锻炼肌肉。
  Swimming develops your muscles.
• 我需要更经常地锻炼。
  Wǒ xūyào gèng jīngcháng de duànliàn.
  I need to exercise more often.
• 爬山是锻炼的好方法。
  Páshān shì duànliàn de hǎo fāngfǎ.
  It's good exercise to climb hills.
• 她锻炼时扭伤了脚踝。
  Tā duànliàn shí niǔ shāng le jiǎohuái.
  She twisted her ankle while she was doing exercise.
• 我儿子正在锻炼上厕所。
  My son is being toilet trained.

Words containing 锻炼

• 体育锻炼tǐ yù duàn liànphysical exercise

Where 锻炼 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health & Illness (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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