化险为夷

Traditional form:

化險為夷

Pinyin (reading):

huàxiǎnwéiyí

Definitions:

• to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

Characters:

• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 险 - narrow pass, strategic point
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 夷 - ancient barbarian tribes

Traditional characters:

• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 險 - narrow pass, strategic point
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 夷 - ancient barbarian tribes