炉火纯青

Traditional: 爐火純青

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Dictionary entry

(lit.) the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)

What does 炉火纯青 mean?

炉火纯青 (lú huǒ chún qīng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)

2(fig.) (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection

Character breakdown

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炉lústove · furnace 火Huǒsurname Huo 纯chúnpure · simple 青Qīngshort name for Qinghai 青海[Qing1 hai3]

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