huà gān gē wéi yù bó

Traditional: 化干戈為玉帛

化干戈为玉帛 (huà gān gē wéi yù bó) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility into friendship”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to turn hostility into friendship

Characters in 化干戈为玉帛

化huà · to make into干gān · dry戈gē · dagger-axe为wéi · as (in the capacity of)玉yù · jade帛bó · silk

Related words

因为because; owing to; on account of为什么why?为as (in the capacity of)为because of为variant of 為|为[wei2]为variant of 為|为[wei4]干dry干(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with干tree trunk干surname Gan干surname Gan干old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

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