点金成铁

Traditional: 點金成鐵

diǎn jīn chéng tiě

Dictionary entry

to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it

What does 点金成铁 mean?

点金成铁 (diǎn jīn chéng tiě) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it

Character breakdown

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点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap · to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)金Jīnsurname Jin · surname Kim (Korean)成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]铁Tiěsurname Tie

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点金成铁

diǎn jīn chéng tiě

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