"點石成金" meaning in Chinese

See 點石成金 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /tiːm³⁵ sɛːk̚² sɪŋ²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/, /tiːm³⁵ sɛːk̚² sɪŋ²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: diǎnshíchéngjīn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dim² sek⁶ sing⁴ gam¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], diǎnshíchéngjīn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], diǎnshíhchéngjin [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tien³-shih²-chʻêng²-chin¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dyǎn-shŕ-chéng-jīn [Mandarin, Yale], deanshyrcherngjin [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], дяньшичэнцзинь [Mandarin, Palladius], djanʹšičɛnczinʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], dím sehk sìhng gām [Cantonese, Yale], dim² sek⁹ sing⁴ gam¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dim² ség⁶ xing⁴ gem¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 点石成金
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 點石成金
  1. (Taoism) to touch a stone to transform it into gold Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Taoism
    Sense id: en-點石成金-zh-phrase-pt30zsti
  2. (figurative) to edit a crude piece of writing into an amazing literary work Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-點石成金-zh-phrase-gl4n8KnP Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 7 47 47 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 7 76 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 71 19
  3. (figurative) to turn something crude or ordinary into something valuable Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-點石成金-zh-phrase-r94QSIPY Categories (other): Chinese chengyu Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 7 47 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 點鐵成金/点铁成金, 點鐵成金, 点铁成金
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      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ"
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      "zh-pron": "dim² sek⁶ sing⁴ gam¹"
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      "zh-pron": "diǎnshíchéngjīn"
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      "zh-pron": "diǎnshíhchéngjin"
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      "zh-pron": "tien³-shih²-chʻêng²-chin¹"
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      "zh-pron": "dyǎn-shŕ-chéng-jīn"
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      "zh-pron": "deanshyrcherngjin"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "дяньшичэнцзинь"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "djanʹšičɛnczinʹ"
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      "zh-pron": "dím sehk sìhng gām"
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      "zh-pron": "dim² ség⁶ xing⁴ gem¹"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tiːm³⁵ sɛːk̚² sɪŋ²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "diǎnshíchéngjīn"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ"
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      "zh-pron": "dim² sek⁶ sing⁴ gam¹"
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      "zh-pron": "diǎnshíchéngjīn"
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      "zh-pron": "diǎnshíhchéngjin"
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      "zh-pron": "tien³-shih²-chʻêng²-chin¹"
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      "zh-pron": "dyǎn-shŕ-chéng-jīn"
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      "zh-pron": "deanshyrcherngjin"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "дяньшичэнцзинь"
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      "zh-pron": "djanʹšičɛnczinʹ"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "dím sehk sìhng gām"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dim² sek⁹ sing⁴ gam¹"
    },
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "dim² ség⁶ xing⁴ gem¹"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tiːm³⁵ sɛːk̚² sɪŋ²¹ kɐm⁵⁵/",
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      "word": "點鐵成金/点铁成金"
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