化险为夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 27229th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
化 huà HSK 3
to change into; to transform; to make into
险 xiǎn HSK 4
dangerous; danger; rugged
为 wéi HSK 2
for; because of; to
夷 yí
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; to raze