句点 句點

句

• 句子 jù zi ㄐㄩˋ ˙ㄗ geoi3 zi2 sentence
• 造句 zào jù ㄗㄠˋ ㄐㄩˋ zou6 geoi3 sentence-making
• 一句话 一句話 yī jù huà ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ jat1 geoi3 waa6 in a word; in short
• 一句 yī jù ㄧ ㄐㄩˋ jat1 geoi3 a line of verse
• 例句 lì jù ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄩˋ lai6 geoi3 example sentence

点 點

• 一点 一點 yī diǎn ㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇ jat1 dim2 a bit; a little bit
• 亮点 亮點 liàng diǎn ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ loeng6 dim2 highlight
• 优点 優點 yōu diǎn ㄧㄡ ㄉㄧㄢˇ jau1 dim2 merit
• 地点 地點 dì diǎn ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ dei6 dim2 place
• 差点 差點 chà diǎn ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ caa1 dim2 almost

• 闭门觅句 閉門覓句 bì mén mì jù ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄐㄩˋ bai3 mun4 mik6 geoi3 lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
• 三言两句 三言兩句 sān yán liǎng jù ㄙㄢ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄩˋ saam1 jin4 loeng5 geoi3 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly

• 点金成铁 點金成鐵 diǎn jīn chéng tiě ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄔㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄝˇ dim2 gam1 sing4 tit3 to transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it
• 点睛之笔 點睛之筆 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ dim2 zing1 zi1 bat1 the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch
• 点石成金 點石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄣ dim2 sek6 sing4 gam1 to touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem