化干戈为玉帛

huà gān gē wéi yù bó

परिभाषाएँ

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

化干戈为玉帛 के घटक शब्द

• 干 gān: dry
• 化 huà: to make into
• 干戈 gān gē: weapons of war
• 干 gàn: tree trunk
• 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 为 wèi: because of
• 玉 yù: jade
• 帛 bó: silk
• 戈 gē: dagger-axe