huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí

Traditional: 化腐朽為神奇

化腐朽为神奇 (huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)

Characters in 化腐朽为神奇

化huà · to make into腐fǔ · decay朽xiǔ · rotten为wéi · as (in the capacity of)神shén · god; deity奇jī · odd (number)

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]认为to believe; to think; to consider; to feel为了for; for the purpose of; in order to以为to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)成为to become; to turn into作为one's conduct奇怪strange

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