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粵語辭叢

化干戈為玉帛

faa3 gon1 gwo1 wai4 juk6 baak6included in 2 dictionaries
faa1 guon1 fuo1 vi4 ngeak6 baak6included in 1 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongPhrase
Jyutping:
faa3 gon1 gwo1 wai4 juk6 baak6

平息紛爭、戰事,達成和平 (to stop the conflict and make peace; to turn swords into ploughshares)

語句

Examples

咁樣爭落去只會兩敗俱傷,不如化干戈為玉帛啦。

gam2 joeng2 zaang1 lok6 heoi3 zi2 wui5 loeng5 baai6 keoi1 soeng1, bat1 jyu4 faa3 gon1 gwo1 wai4 juk6 baak6 laa1.

Both of us will only suffer loss if we keep on fighting. We should make peace.

維基辭典YuePhrase
Jyutping:
faa3 gon1 gwo1 wai4 juk6 baak6Original phonetic: /faː³³ kɔːn⁵⁵ kʷɔː⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jʊk̚² paːk̚²/

to turn hostility into friendship; to bury the hatchet