熔炉

熔爐

rónglú

noun #26,266

Measure Word

一个熔炉 gè

Meanings

1 melting pot
2 furnace
3 smelting furnace

Characters

to melt; to fuse (metals)

stove; furnace; oven

Examples

HSK 3

纽约被称为文化的大熔炉。

Niǔyuē bèi chēngwéi wénhuà de dà rónglú.

New York is called a great cultural melting pot.

HSK 7-9

工人把金属放入熔炉中冶炼。

Gōngrén bǎ jīnshǔ fàng rù rónglú zhōng yěliàn.

Workers put the metal into the furnace for smelting.

Tips

usage

熔炉 has both a literal sense (industrial furnace for melting metals) and a figurative sense (melting pot), often used to describe multicultural societies.

Stroke Order

熔 róng

炉 lú