ㄉㄧㄢˇdiǎnㄊㄧㄝˇtiěㄔㄥˊchéngㄐㄧㄣjīn

  1. 用手靈丹點化黃金傳燈錄··大師》:還丹點鐵成金。」點金成鐵

  2. 比喻善於運用文字演化意境化腐朽為神奇·黃庭堅能為文章陶冶萬物古人陳言翰墨靈丹點鐵成金。」

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