练

liàn

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练 — liàn

1. to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise

   他每天练中文口语。 tā měitiān liàn zhōngwén kǒuyǔ — He practices spoken Chinese every day.

2. (literary) white silk; (also) to boil and scour raw silk

   月光下的江面如一匹白练。 yuèguāng xià de jiāngmiàn rú yìpǐ bái liàn — Under the moonlight the river surface looks like a length of white silk.