逢凶化吉 féngxiōnghuàjí to turn ill luck into good Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 逢 féng verbadverb to meet to meet; to come across; to encounter by chance凶 xiōng ominous ominous; inauspicious; unlucky; the opposite of 吉 jí化 huà nounverb to change to change; to transform; to convert吉 jí nounadjective lucky (bound form) lucky; auspicious; propitious; the opposite of 凶 xiōng