lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility into friendship
trad. 化干戈為玉帛
Also written 化干戈為玉帛【huà gān gē wéi yù bó】
Characters in this word
6化
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variant of 花[hua1]
- Pinyin
- huā
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7240 of 2500
干
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old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
- Pinyin
- gān
- Traditional
- 乹
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 340 of 2500
戈
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surname Ge
- Pinyin
- Gē
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 8610 of 2500
为
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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)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
玉
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jade
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 12826 of 2500
帛
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silk
- Pinyin
- bó
- Strokes
- 8