点金成铁
Traditional form:
點金成鐵
Pinyin (reading):
diǎnjīnchéngtiě
Definitions:
- to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
Characters:
- 点 - dot, point, speck
- 金 - gold, metal; money
- 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
- 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm
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