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一字千金yī zì qiān jīneach word worth a thousand pieces of gold—a highly finished literary product; a single word is of great consequence
❍ 吕不韦乃使其客人人著所闻，……号曰《吕氏春秋》。布咸阳市门，悬千金其上，延诸侯游士宾客有能增损一字者予千金。(司马迁《史记·吕不韦列传》)Lu Buwei also made his guests record all their knowledge，…he entitled it The Annals of Master Lu. It was displayed at the gate of Xianyang market,with a thousand pieces of gold hung above it. Itinerant scholars and proteges from other states were invited to read it,and the gold was offered to anyone who could add or subtract a single word.
❍ 这首诗真是精心佳作，说是～也不为过。This poem is a highly finished literary product. It’s not going too far to say that each word worth a thousand pieces of gold. 一字千金yi zi qian jinone word is worth a thousand pieces of gold—excellent literary work or calligraphy 一字千金yī zì qiān jīn比喻文辞精妙，非常有价值。a single word is worth a thousand pieces of gold, a single word is of great consequence |