| 化干戈为玉帛 |
huà gān gē wéi yù bó |
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship |
| 化 |
huā |
variant of 花 |
| 化 |
huà |
to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化学 |
| 干 |
gān |
old variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder |
| 干 |
gān |
variant of 干 |
| 干 |
Gān |
surname Gan |
| 干 |
gān |
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 / (archaic) shield |
| 干 |
gàn |
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed |
| 干戈 |
gān gē |
weapons of war / arms |
| 戈 |
Gē |
surname Ge |
| 戈 |
gē |
dagger-axe / abbr. for 戈瑞 / (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷 |
| 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 为 |
| 为 |
wèi |
variant of 为 |
| 玉 |
yù |
jade |
| 帛 |
bó |
silk |