爐火純青

Simplified: 炉火纯青

lúhuǒchúnqīng ㄌㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥ

    • the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)

      lit.

    • (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection

      fig.

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