() — (bound form) to smelt, to refine (metal); (bound form, literary) seductive, bewitchingly beautiful

Definition

A literary bound morpheme (never used alone). 冶 means to smelt metal (in compounds like 冶金 metallurgy); the literary 冶艳 means seductively beautiful.

bound form
(bound form) to smeltto refine (metal)(bound form, literary) seductivebewitchingly beautiful

Examples

  • Zhè ge gōng chǎng zhuān mén cóng shì gāng tiě yě liàn.
    This factory specializes in steel smelting.
  • yě Jīn jì shù duì gōng yè fā zhǎn hěn zhòng yào.
    Metallurgical technology is very important for industrial development.
  • Shī zhōng yòng yě yàn lái xíng róng tā de měi mào.
    The poem uses 'seductive' to describe her beauty.

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