obtain gold by washing it from sand and gravel
We can see the gold in the sand, P, ISH, Ji, NJ, N, and Chinese idioms. It comes from "elegant calligraphy · Zi Xue · additional comments".
Idiom explanation
[name] P, ISH, Ji, NJ and n . It's the same as "eliminating sand and simplifying gold".
Idioms and allusions
[source] in Qing Dynasty, Xiang Mu's "elegant calligraphy · Zi Xue · Fu Ping": "Yuan Zhang's talent is not less than Li's, his academic ability has not arrived, and his talent has been appointed. Looking at its delicate, thick, strange and sharp state, you can see the golden ear in removing sand. "
Discrimination of words
[synonyms]: sand and gold; use the predicate and attributive; select the essence from a large number of things.
obtain gold by washing it from sand and gravel
give up literature for a military career - qì bǐ cóng róng
great pains taken in working out a scheme - kùn xīn héng lǜ