逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí

turn bad luck into good luck

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 44374th word

Definitions

  1. 1. misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account

Characters

Character Meaning
逢 féng HSK 6
to meet by chance; to come across
凶 xiōng HSK 6
fierce; vicious; terrible
化 huà HSK 3
to change into; to transform; to make into
吉 jí HSK 6
lucky; surname Ji