| 炉火纯青 |
lú huǒ - chún qīng |
lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection |
| 炉 |
lú |
stove / furnace |
| 炉 |
lú |
variant of 炉 |
| 炉火 |
lú huǒ |
the fire of a stove |
| 火 |
Huǒ |
surname Huo |
| 火 |
huǒ |
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 |
| 纯 |
chún |
pure / simple / unmixed / genuine |
| 青 |
Qīng |
abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province |
| 青 |
qīng |
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) |