炼丹 meaning in English
make pills of immortatily; extraction in pellet form prepared with heat
◇炼丹术 alchemy; spagirism
Examples
- The clergyman represents both spirituality and alchemy
牧师既从事神职，也会炼丹。 - Alchemy and the copper - smelting in song dynasty
炼丹术与宋代冶铜业革命 - The alchemy virtual library
炼丹术虚拟图书馆 - In its search for an elixir of immortality , taoist alchemy developed both chemical experimentation ( wai - tan ) and a theoretical internal alchemy ( nei - tan )
为了寻找长生不老药，道教炼金术（炼丹术）既发展了化学实验（外丹） ，也发展了理论的内在炼金术（内丹） 。 - A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold , the discovery of the panacea , and the preparation of the elixir of longevity
炼金术，炼丹术中世纪的一种化学哲学。其声称的目标是将一些基本金属转变为金子，发现万灵药及制备长生不老药