化腐朽为神奇

Traditional form:

化腐朽為神奇

Pinyin (reading):

huàfǔxiǔwéishénqí

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
• 朽 - decayed, rotten
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 神 - god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
• 奇 - strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult

Traditional characters:

• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
• 朽 - decayed, rotten
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 神 - god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
• 奇 - strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult