升华 shēnghuá to sublimate
to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level; to refine; promotion
How to remember 升华: 升 to advance + 华 flowery = to sublimate.
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How it is used
- Figuratively, to elevate/refine something to a higher plane - 感情升华为爱情 (gǎnqíng shēnghuá wéi àiqíng) feeling deepens into love.
- Literary/abstract praise word for raising emotion, art, or a theme to a nobler level.
- Literal science sense is sublimation (solid to gas); the 'refine/elevate' use dominates in everyday writing.