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逢凶化吉
féng​xiōng​huà​jí

to turn ill luck into good

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 逢 féng verbadverb
    to meet
    to meet; to come across; to encounter by chance
  2. 凶 xiōng
    ominous
    ominous; inauspicious; unlucky; the opposite of 吉 jí
  3. 化 huà nounverb
    to change
    to change; to transform; to convert
  4. 吉 jí nounadjective
    lucky
    (bound form) lucky; auspicious; propitious; the opposite of 凶 xiōng