懂中文 Dong Chinese
Dictionary
Log in
  • Learn
  • Dictionary
  • Media
  • Settings
化干戈为玉帛
huà​gān​gē​wéi​yù​bó

to bury the hatchet

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
化干戈为玉帛 化干戈為玉帛 huà​gān​gē​wéi​yù​bó
to bury the hatchet
literally "to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk"; to turn hostility into friendship or beat swords into plowshares

Frequency

Written text
0.243 per million

Cross-References

Referenced by

  • 玉帛 yù​bó

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)