逢凶化吉 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• misfortune turns to blessing ; to turn an inauspicious start to good account

Character by character

• 逢féngto happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
• 凶xiōngculprit; murder; bad, sad
• 化huàto change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 吉jílucky, propitious, good

Idioms sharing a character

• 千载难逢 qiān zǎi nán féng
• 左右逢源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán
• 枯木逢春 kū mù féng chūn
• 狭路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng
• 生不逢时 shēng bù féng shí
• 绝处逢生 jué chù féng shēng
• 萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng
• 逢场作戏 féng chǎng zuò xì
• 适逢其会 shì féng qí huì
• 凶相毕露 xiōng xiàng bì lù

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