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Definition(s) for: 化干戈为玉帛

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
化干戈为玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó - lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
- fig. to turn hostility into friendship

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 72,788 65,020

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
化 huā- variant of 花[hua1]
化 huà- to make into
- to change into
- -ization
- to ... -ize
- to transform
- abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
干 gān- surname Gan
干 gān- (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
- one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]
- (archaic) shield
干 gān- old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
干 gān- surname Gan
干 gān- dry
- dried food
- empty; hollow
- taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
- futile; in vain
- (dialect) rude; blunt
- (dialect) to cold-shoulder
干 gān- variant of 乾|干[gan1]
干 gàn- tree trunk
- main part of sth
- to manage
- to work
- to do
- capable
- cadre
- to kill (slang)
- to fuck (vulgar)
- (coll.) pissed off
- annoyed
戈 gē- surname Ge
戈 gē- dagger-axe
- abbr. for 戈瑞[ge1 rui4]
- (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[ge1 lei2]
为 wéi- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)
为 wèi- because of
- for
- to
为 wéi- variant of 為|为[wei2]
为 wèi- variant of 為|为[wei4]
玉 yù- jade
帛 bó- silk

Other Words Containing 化干戈为玉帛

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo