「化干戈為玉帛」
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Pronunciation: | faa3 gon1 gwo1 wai4 juk6 baak6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
化 to melt; open-minded; enlightened; liberal; thorough; tolerant; to do makeup 干 to interfere with; to concern; relationship; concern; several; many; shield 戈 that; seldom used); dagger-axe; lance; fighting; warfare 為 to act as; to be; in order to; to become; for; for the sake of; for the purpose of; because of; to do; to practice; to act 玉 jade 帛 silk |
Variants: | Variants: 化干戈爲玉帛 |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to stop the conflict and make peace; to turn swords into ploughshares
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