(idiom) to beat swords into plowshares; to turn from war to peace
trad. 鑄劍為犁
Also written 鑄劍為犁【zhù jiàn wéi lí】
Characters in this word
4铸
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to cast or found metals
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Traditional
- 鑄
- Strokes
- 12
剑
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double-edged sword, CL:口[kou3],把[ba3], classifier for blows of a sword
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 劍
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2582 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
犁
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plow
- Pinyin
- lí
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 28976 of 2500