熔矿炉 (róngkuànglú): smelting furnace

Measure Word

一座熔矿炉 zuò

Meanings

1 smelting furnace
2 blast furnace

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

矿石被送入熔矿炉冶炼。

Kuàngshí bèi sòngrù róngkuànglú yěliàn.

The ore is fed into the smelting furnace for refining.

HSK 7-9

工人在熔矿炉旁挥汗如雨。

Gōngrén zài róngkuànglú páng huīhànrúyǔ.

Workers sweat profusely beside the smelting furnace.

Tips

memory

熔 (melt) + 矿 (ore) + 炉 (furnace) - ‘ore-melting furnace,’ exactly what a smelter does. Also written 熔炉 (rónglú) when the ore part is implicit.

Stroke Order

熔 róng

矿 kuàng

炉 lú

Related Words

熔炉 rónglú #26,266

melting pot / furnace / smelting furnace

鼓风炉 gǔfēnglú #67,817

blast furnace / draft-assisted smelting furnace

炉子 lúzi HSK 7-9 #8,196

stove; furnace / oven

熔毁 rónghuǐ

meltdown / (of nuclear fuel) to melt down

司炉员 sīlúyuán

boiler operator / stoker; fireman (of a steam locomotive or furnace)

焚化炉 fénhuàlú #22,661

incinerator / cremation furnace / crematorium furnace

to melt (a solid into liquid) / fusion (in physics)

日照香炉生紫烟 rì zhào Xiānglú shēng zǐ yān

sunlight on Xianglu Peak breeds purple mist / (of Lushan) golden light turns the incense-burner peak into a smoking brazier / (lit.) sun shining on Incense-Burner Peak gives rise to purple smoke