to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
trad. 化險為夷
Also written 化險為夷【huà xiǎn wéi yí】
Characters in this word
4化
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variant of 花[hua1]
- Pinyin
- huā
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 7240 of 2500
险
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danger, dangerous, rugged
- Pinyin
- xiǎn
- Traditional
- 險
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8676 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
夷
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non-Han people, esp. to the East of China, barbarians, to wipe out, to exterminate, to tear down, to raze
- Pinyin
- yí
- Strokes
- 6