化险为夷 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to turn peril into safety ; to avert disaster

Character by character

• 化huàto change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 险xiǎnnarrow pass, strategic point
• 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 夷yíancient barbarian tribes

Idioms sharing a character

• 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì
• 出神入化 chū shén rù huà
• 化整为零 huà zhěng wéi líng
• 化敌为友 huà dí wéi yǒu
• 化为泡影 huà wéi pào yǐng
• 化为乌有 huà wéi wū yǒu
• 春风化雨 chūn fēng huà yǔ
• 泥古不化 nì gǔ bù huà
• 蜕化变质 tuì huà biàn zhì
• 变化无常 biàn huà wú cháng

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