Gold picking

Gold picking

Jintaoshacai is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is j ī NT á OSH ā Ji ǎ n, which means to pick gold from the sand. It means to cut words and refine sentences in writing. It comes from the Peach Blossom Fan detective drama by Kong Shangren in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it is often used in writing, etc

The origin of Idioms

In Qing Dynasty, Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan · detective drama": "the new words, which describe wusilan in detail, are all gold picking."

Idiom explanation

Pick gold from the sand. In figurative writing, words and sentences are refined.