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Definition(s) for: 转危为安

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
转危为安 zhuǎn wēi wéi ān - to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)

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
- - 36,799 43,311 52,092

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
转 zhuǎi- see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
转 zhuǎn- to turn
- to change direction
- to transfer
- to forward (mail)
- (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
转 zhuàn- to revolve
- to turn
- to circle about
- to walk about
- classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
- classifier for repeated actions
危 wēi- surname Wei
危 wēi- danger
- to endanger
- Taiwan pr. [wei2]
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]
安 Ān- surname An
安 ān- (bound form) calm; peaceful
- to calm; to set at ease
- safe; secure; in good health
- content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2])
- to place (sb) in a suitable position (job)
- to install; to fix; to fit
- to bring (a charge against sb)
- to harbor (certain intentions)
- ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2])

Other Words Containing 转危为安

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
转危为安 - - 36,799 43,311 52,092