turn a piece of poor writing into a literary gem
It is an idiom in Chinese. Pinyin is di ǎ NTI ě ch é NGJ ī n. originally, it refers to the magic of turning iron into gold with a little finger. Later, it refers to the magic of changing the original text slightly to make it excellent. It comes from Huang Tingjian's answer to Hongju's father in Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In Huang Tingjian's answer to Hongju's father's book in Song Dynasty, it is said that "those who can write articles in ancient times can really cultivate all things. Although they take the ancient words into calligraphy, they are like a magic pill, which can turn iron into gold."
Idiom usage
It's not difficult for those who know how to make money from iron. It's only 20 or 30 words to change the whole article. (the forty third chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty)
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] turning stone into gold [antonym] turning gold into iron
Chinese PinYin : diǎn tiě chéng jīn
turn a piece of poor writing into a literary gem
felicitous wish of making money. zhāo cái jìn bǎo
great mansion on the point of collapse. dà shà jiāng qīng
give mature consideration to all aspects of a question. miàn miàn jù dào
withered trees and rotten stumps. pán mù xiǔ zhū
yang yuhuan was plump while zhao feiyan was skinny -- beautiful women , each of whom is attractive in her own way. huán féi yàn shòu