化 huà
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle
化险为夷
huàxiǎnwéiyí
turn danger into safety
Characters in this word
险 xiǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 佥 all, together, unanimous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
为 wèi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丶 — dot
夷 yí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 机组人员冷静处置故障，最终使航班化险为夷。 Jīzǔ rényuán lěngjìng chǔzhì gùzhàng, zuìzhōng shǐ hángbān huàxiǎnwéiyí. The crew handled the malfunction calmly and ultimately turned danger into safety for the flight.
- 山路上车坏了，幸好遇到好心人帮忙，才化险为夷。 Shānlù shang chē huài le, xìnghǎo yùdào hǎoxīnrén bāngmáng, cái huà xiǎn wéi yí. The car broke down on the mountain road, but luckily a kind person helped, and everything turned out safe.
- 他的机智让全家在这次意外中化险为夷。 Tā de jīzhì ràng quánjiā zài zhè cì yìwài zhōng huà xiǎn wéi yí. His quick wits brought the whole family safely through this accident.