luyện đan

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 煉丹.

Pronunciation

Noun

luyện đan

  1. (Taoism, historical) art of preparing elixirs of life
    • 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      Thứ nhất là y đạo, luyện đan không thành nhưng về việc chữa bệnh qua đó cũng biết được không ít.
      First, I'm don't master either the art of healing nor the preparation of life elixirs, but through them I did learn quite a lot of curing diseases.