點鐵成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn

DEFINITIONS

  1. to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem

CHARACTERS

點 diǎn dot, speck, spot; point, degree
鐵 tiě iron; strong, solid, firm
成 chéng
HSK 3
completed, finished, fixed
金 jīn
HSK 4
gold; metals in general; money