點石成金

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	rock; stone; 10 pecks	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	metal; gold; money
trad. (點石成金)		點	石	成	金
simp. (点石成金)		点	石	成	金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎnshíchéngjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² sek⁶ sing⁴ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnshíchéngjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnshíhchéngjin
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-shih²-chʻêng²-chin¹
    • Yale: dyǎn-shŕ-chéng-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanshyrcherngjin
    • Palladius: дяньшичэнцзинь (djanʹšičɛnczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² sek⁶ sing⁴ gam¹
    • Yale: dím sehk sìhng gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² sek⁹ sing⁴ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² ség⁶ xing⁴ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ sɛːk̚² sɪŋ²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

點石成金

1. (Taoism) to touch a stone to transform it into gold
2. (figurative) to edit a crude piece of writing into an amazing literary work
3. (figurative) to turn something crude or ordinary into something valuable

Synonyms

• 點鐵成金／点铁成金