a female given name / a surname

refine / train / tempering / drill / polish

chain / irons / connection

(of paper) a ream / (poetry) a stanza; a verse

a group of people

to smelt (metals) / to forge / to refine

Dalian (a major sub-provincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China)

trees having intertwined branches / the deep relationship between married people

successive victories

to win in a row