化干戈为玉帛

huà gān gē wéi yù bó

释义

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 的构成词

• 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