逢凶化吉
féng xiōng huà jí
Pinyin

Definition

逢凶化吉
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féng xiōng huà jí
  1. misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

化妆
huà zhuāng
  1. 1 to put on makeup
化妆品
huà zhuāng pǐn
  1. 1 cosmetic
  2. 2 makeup product
化身
huà shēn
  1. 1 incarnation
  2. 2 reincarnation
  3. 3 embodiment (of abstract idea)
  4. 4 personification
吉祥
jí xiáng
  1. 1 lucky
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 propitious
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky

Idioms (20)

人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared
凶神恶煞
xiōng shén è shà
  1. 1 fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster

Sample Sentences

是吗？简单地换换位置就能逢凶化吉？这也太悬乎了吧！风水到底是怎么个调整法？
shì ma ？jiǎndān de huànhuan wèizhi jiù néng féngxiōnghuàjí ？zhè yě tài xuánhu le ba ！fēngshuǐ dàodǐ shì zěnme ge tiáozhěng fǎ ？
Really? Simply moving the decorations around can change bad luck into good? That's too dangerous, huh?! Just what kind of method of adjustment is fengshui?
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