炼丹

Traditional form:

煉丹

Pinyin (reading):

liàndān

Definitions:

• to concoct pills of immortality

Characters:

• 炼 - to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
• 丹 - cinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder

Traditional characters:

• 煉 - to smelt, to refine; to distill, to condense
• 丹 - cinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder