化險為夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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
險 xiǎn
dangerous; danger; rugged
為 wéi
for; because of; to
夷 yí
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; to raze