化干戈为玉帛
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
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Traditional: 化干戈為玉帛
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- (idiom) lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
- fig. to turn hostility into friendship
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Related Words
不打不成相识(bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí)· don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
→不打不相识(bù dǎ bù xiāng shí)· lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
→投桃报李(tóu táo bào lǐ)· toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
→玉门关(Yù mén Guān)· Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
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