点石成金 — Chinese idiom
点石成金
diǎn shí chéng jīn
Traditional: 點石成金
Meaning
- to touch base matter and turn it to gold ; fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem
Character by character
- 点diǎndot, point, speck
- 石shístone, rock, mineral
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 金jīngold, metal; money
Idioms sharing a character
- 指点江山 zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
- 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
- 煽风点火 shān fēng diǎn huǒ
- 画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng
- 蜻蜓点水 qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ
- 装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn
- 点水不漏 diǎn shuǐ bù lòu
- 点睛之笔 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ
- 点金成铁 diǎn jīn chéng tiě
- 点铁成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn
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