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Simplified or traditional characters, pinyin with or without tones (xuexi, xué xí), or English.

练

liàn verb A1

Traditional: 練

  1. to practice
  2. to train
  3. to drill
  4. to perfect (one's skill)
  5. exercise
  6. (literary) white silk
  7. to boil and scour raw silk
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夫以甲兵不完，城郭不固，军不经练，粮不继日，然而博望烧屯，白河用水，使夏侯惇、曹仁辈心惊胆裂。
三国演义（第四十三回）, p. 5 · C2
晋孝武年十二，时冬天，昼日不箸复衣，但箸单练衫五六重，夜则累茵褥。
世说新语（四篇）, p. 14 · C2
长的草里是不去的，因为相传这园里有一条很大的赤练蛇。
鲁迅作品选, p. 55 · C2

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