铸剑为犁 — Chinese idiom
铸剑为犁
zhù jiàn wéi lí
Traditional: 鑄劍為犁
Meaning
- to beat swords into plowshares; to turn from war to peace
Character by character
- 铸zhùto melt, to cast; to mint, to coin
- 剑jiànsword, dagger, saber
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 犁líto plow
Idioms sharing a character
- 铸成大错 zhù chéng dà cuò
- 刀光剑影 dāo guāng jiàn yǐng
- 刀枪剑戟 dāo qiāng jiàn jǐ
- 刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
- 口蜜腹剑 kǒu mì fù jiàn
- 唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn
- 琴剑飘零 qín jiàn piāo líng
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
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