淬炼 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 淬煉 cuìliàn ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ to temper to forge to toughen (through hardship or repeated trials) fig. Character by character 淬(cuì)dip into water 炼(liàn)refine A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0