点金成铁 in English dian3 jin1 cheng2 tie3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to transform gold into base metal (idiomatic expression); metaphorically to edit somebody else's beautiful prose and ruin it

Simplified Characters

点 金 成 铁

Traditional Characters

點 金 成 鐵

Pinyin

dian3 jin1 cheng2 tie3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

点dian3point 金jin1surname Jin 成cheng2surname Cheng 铁tie3surname Tie