粵

精zing1練lin6

simp精练
zing1 lin6jīng liàn

English

  1. (textiles) to scour
  2. to degum (silk)
  3. variant of 精煉|精炼[jing1 lian4]
  4. refined

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 更加純粹、更加簡單、更加貼近核心

Examples

  • 用字精練

    of refined wordings

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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