turn weapons into gifts of jade and silk; turn hostility into friendship
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesphrase
to turn hostility into friendship; to make peace
literary干戈指兵器，代指战争；玉帛指玉器和丝织品，代指友好礼物。此成语用于正式的、书面的或文学性的语境，描述从冲突到和解的转变。
Liǎng两
guó国
lǐng领
dǎo导
rén人
zuì最
zhōng终
jué决
dìng定
huà化
gān干
gē戈
wéi为
yù玉
bó帛
，
qiān签
shǔ署
le了
hé和
píng平
xié协
yì议
。
The leaders of the two countries finally decided to turn hostility into friendship and signed a peace agreement.
Jīng经
guò过
duō多
lún轮
tán谈
pàn判
，
duō多
nián年
de的
ēn恩
yuàn怨
zhōng终
yú于
huà化
gān干
gē戈
wéi为
yù玉
bó帛
。
After multiple rounds of negotiations, years of grudges were finally turned into friendship.
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Tā他
men们
xī希
wàng望
liǎng两
gè个
bù部
luò落
néng能
huà化
gān干
gē戈
wéi为
yù玉
bó帛
，
tíng停
zhǐ止
liú流
xuè血
chōng冲
tū突
。
They hoped the two tribes could make peace and stop the bloody conflict.