化险为夷化險為夷

huà xiǎn wéi yí

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

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化huàto change, to convert, to reform; -ize亻匕险xiǎnnarrow pass, strategic point阝佥为wèito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be丶力丶夷yíancient barbarian tribes大弓