liú
jīn
shuò
shí

idiom
literary

Meaning of 流金铄石

流金铄石 means hot enough to melt metal and stone; scorching heat. Pronounced liú jīn shuò shí.

  • hot enough to melt metal and stone; scorching heat

Definitions & Examples

yuè
de
zhèng
 
liè
dāng
kōng
 
zhēn
yǒu
fēn
liú
jīn
shuò
shí
de
gǎn
jué
 

At noon in July, with the blazing sun overhead, it really feels like it's hot enough to melt metal and stone.

Shā
zhōng
de
hòu
shuō
biàn
jiù
biàn
 
wǎn
hán
lěng
 
bái
tiān
liú
jīn
shuò
shí
 

The desert climate changes rapidly; the nights are bitterly cold, while the days are scorching hot.

rén
yòng
 
liú
jīn
shuò
shí
 
lái
xíng
róng
shèng
xià
de
shǔ
 

Ancient people used the phrase 'hot enough to melt metal and stone' to describe the intense heat of midsummer.