化干戈为玉帛
huà​gān​gē​wéi​yù​bó

to bury the hatchet

  • created sense approved 化干戈为玉帛/化干戈為玉帛 · huà​gān​gē​wéi​yù​bó · to bury the hatchet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    化 (literal) → 化 · huà · to change 干戈 (literal) → 干戈 · gān​gē · weapons 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 玉帛 (literal) → 玉帛 · yù​bó · friendship

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense