炉火纯青 in English lu2 huo3 chun2 qing1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically (of an art, a technique and so on) brought to the point of perfection

Simplified Characters

炉 火 纯 青

Traditional Characters

爐 火 純 青

Pinyin

lu2 huo3 chun2 qing1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

炉lu2stove 火huo3surname Huo 纯chun2pure 青qing1abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province