点铁成金
Traditional form:
點鐵成金
Pinyin (reading):
diǎntiěchéngjīn
Definitions:
- to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
Characters:
- 点 - dot, point, speck
- 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm
- 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
- 金 - gold, metal; money
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