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化干戈为玉帛

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6-character word Traditional 化干戈為玉帛

What 化干戈为玉帛 means

1. lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
2. fig. to turn hostility into friendship

The characters in 化干戈为玉帛

• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization
• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 戈gēdagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞; (Taiwan) abbr. for 戈雷
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 玉yùjade
• 帛bósilk