锻 炼

duànliàn

“To toughen” in Chinese is 锻炼 (duànliàn).

Meaning

to toughen
to temper
to engage in physical exercise

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to work out
(fig.) to develop one's skills
to train oneself

Example

爬山是锻炼的好方法。

It's good exercise to climb hills.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

duànHSK 414 strokesto forge liànHSK 49 strokesto refine

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