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Definition(s) for: 化险为夷

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
化险为夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí - to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 27,455 43,727 45,095

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huā- variant of 花[hua1]
huà- to make into
- to change into
- -ization
- to ... -ize
- to transform
- abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
xiǎn- danger
- dangerous
- rugged
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)
wèi- because of
- for
- to
wéi- variant of 為|为[wei2]
wèi- variant of 為|为[wei4]
- non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
- barbarians
- to wipe out
- to exterminate
- to tear down
- to raze

Other Words Containing 化险为夷

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
化险为夷 - 9 27,455 43,727 45,095