点金成铁 (點金成鐵) diǎn jīn chéng tiě

diǎn jīn chéng tiě set phrase to transform gold into base metal; to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '點金成鐵')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 18 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
• Scroll 9 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1