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點金成鐵
简 点金成铁 · 繁 點金成鐵Mandarin · pinyin diǎn jīn chéng tiě
Meanings
- to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
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3–1–2–3 · dian3 jin1 cheng2 tie3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dim2 gam1 sing4 tit3
Cantonese word readings for 點金成鐵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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dim2 gam1 sing4 tit3
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