scrape the dirt off an object and make it shine
Scratch, Chinese idiom, Pinyin Gu ā g ò um ó h é n, means to remove dirt, to remove scars; metaphor carefully ponder, keep improving. From the book with Gao Xiwang.
The origin of Idioms
Sun Qiao's book with Gao Xiwang in the Tang Dynasty said, "if you are noble in writing, you will lose your quality; if you are close to quality, you will be too bald. If you are scratched, you will not be able to go to history."
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, attribute; used to do things.
scrape the dirt off an object and make it shine
a look of quick intelligence and soft refinement in one 's eyes - gù pàn shén fēi
If you don't get into the tiger's den, you can't get into the tiger's son - bù rù hǔ xué,bù dé hǔ zǐ
great virtue will cast a long shadow - dé hòu liú guāng