锻炼 – vocab dash

锻炼duànliàn

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Meanings

1. to toughen

2. to temper

3. to engage in physical exercise

4. to work out

5. (fig.) to develop one's skills

6. to train oneself

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我wǒ需要xūyào更gèng经常jīngcháng地de锻炼duànliàn。

I need to exercise more often.

游泳yóuyǒng锻炼duànliàn肌肉jīròu。

Swimming develops your muscles.

住zhù在zài大城市dàchéngshì的de人们rénmen一般yībān都dōu缺乏quēfá锻炼duànliàn。

People living in a big city tend to lack exercise.

我wǒ已经yǐjīng好久hǎojiǔ没有méiyǒu去qù锻炼duànliàn了le。

I haven't exercised in a long time.

爬山páshān是shì锻炼duànliàn的de好hǎo方法fāngfǎ。

It's good exercise to climb hills.

要说yàoshuō锻炼duànliàn身体shēntǐ，虽然suīrán我wǒ痛恨tònghèn大部分dàbùfen的de运动yùndòng，觉得juéde它们tāmen真的zhēnde无聊wúliáo，但是dànshì我wǒ喜欢xǐhuan去qù健身房jiànshēnfáng举重jǔzhòng。

As for physical exercise, although I loathe most sports (I think they're really boring), I do like going to the gym to lift weights.