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修煉體係
What would an English translation for that be? Google says "Taoism", but that doesn't sound right, although it may be very slightly correct.
I could only think of "Qi practicing" or "Spirit practicing", but would there be any better ones?
Also, would
修真
Be the same?
KEY has two definitions for 修炼:
practice asceticism
practice self-cultivation (esp. of a Taoist)
self-cultivation has a nice ring to it.
修真 on the other hand means:
{Taoism} cultivate true virtue
修炼 has quite a wide range of meanings one of which is the same as 修真: 修行.
修真 only really has one meaning.
Although it might be interchangeable in some cases, the context is really important here.
