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鍛鍊 word · B2
鍛鍊 ＝ 鍛 ＋ 鍊
ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ · duànliàn
verb — to exercise, work out (the body); to train, temper, forge (character, skills)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

鍛forge metal (鍛造)duàn金 metal beside 段 for the reading
鍊refine, temper (鍊製)liàn金 metal beside 柬 for the reading
鍛鍊，鍛造的鍛，鍊製的鍊。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

鐵塊在爐火裡反覆捶打、提煉，雜質去盡才成好鋼；人練身體也是這樣磨出來的。
Iron is hammered and refined in the forge over and over until the impurities burn off; the body is toughened the same way.
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