Chinese symbol for “seasoned”
老练
lǎo liàn
Traditional: 老練
seasoned; experienced
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seasoned is 老练 (lǎo liàn), defined as: seasoned; experienced.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “seasoned”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 久负盛名 (久負盛名) | jiǔ fù shèng míng | seasoned; honed to perfection over centuries |
| 身经百战 (身經百戰) | shēn jīng bǎi zhàn | lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom); fig. experienced |
| 久经考验 (久經考驗) | jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn | well tested over a long period of time (idiom); seasoned |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 老练.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 老公 | lǎo gōng | (coll.) husband |
| 训练 (訓練) | xùn liàn | to train; to drill |
| 教练 (教練) | jiào liàn | to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位 (wèi),名 (míng)) |
| 练习 (練習) | liàn xí | to practice; exercise |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seasoned”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.