化干戈为玉帛
Traditional form:
化干戈為玉帛
Pinyin (reading):
huàgāngēwéiyùbó
Definitions:
- lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
- fig. to turn hostility into friendship
Characters:
- 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
- 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
- 戈 - spear, lance, halberd
- 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 玉 - jade, gem, precious stone
- 帛 - silk, fabric; wealth, property
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