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

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

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

Synonyms

點鐵成金／点铁成金

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