| 释义 |
点石成金点铁成金diǎn shí chéng jīntouch a stone and turn it into gold—turn a crude essay into a literary gem
❍ 她的文章经编辑一改，～，非常漂亮。After the correction done by the editor,her crude essay was turned into a very beautiful literary gem.
❍ 真是点铁成金，会者不难，只改得二三十个字，便通篇改观了。(吴趼人《二十年目睹之怪现状》336) As they say,you have converted iron into gold. Just by replacing twenty or thirty words,you have made something new out of it. 点石成金石（铁）diǎn shí chénɡ jīn比喻把他人不好的文章改成好文章。turn a crude essay a literary gem, touch a stone and turn it into gold |