精练 jīngliàn to scour
(textiles) to scour; to degum (silk)
How to remember 精练: 精 essence + 练 practice = to scour.
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How it is used
- Of language/writing: refined and terse - 文字精练 (wénzì jīngliàn) concise, polished prose; equivalent to and often written 精炼.
- Praises expression boiled down with nothing wasted; near 简练.
- A separate technical sense exists in textiles (to scour/degum), but the writing-style sense dominates.