点石成金

Traditional: 點石成金

diǎn shí chéng jīn

Dictionary entry

to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

What does 点石成金 mean?

点石成金 (diǎn shí chéng jīn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

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点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap · to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)石Shísurname Shi · abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei 成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]金Jīnsurname Jin · surname Kim (Korean)

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点石成金

diǎn shí chéng jīn

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