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化险为夷

huà xiǎn wéi yí

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 化險為夷

化险为夷 (huà xiǎn wéi yí) means "to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 化险为夷 means

1. to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

The characters in 化险为夷

• 化huàto make into; to change into; -ization
• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out

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