转悲为喜 — Chinese idiom
转悲为喜
zhuǎn bēi wéi xǐ
Traditional: 轉悲為喜
Meaning
- to turn grief into happiness
Character by character
- 转zhuǎnto move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle
- 悲bēisorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
Idioms sharing a character
- 回心转意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì
- 天旋地转 tiān xuán dì zhuàn
- 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
- 急转直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià
- 扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
- 旋乾转坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
- 时来运转 shí lái yùn zhuǎn
- 珠流璧转 zhū liú bì zhuǎn
- 目不转睛 mù bù zhuǎn jīng
- 目不转瞬 mù bù zhuǎn shùn
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