逢凶化吉

Chinese

		every time; meet by chance	fierce; terrible; ominous	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform	lucky; Jilin Province (abbrev.)
trad. (逢凶化吉)		逢	凶	化	吉
simp. ^#(逢凶化吉)		逢	凶	化	吉
Literally: “to turn bad luck into good”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): féngxiōnghuàjí

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁴ hung¹ faa³ gat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: féngxiōnghuàjí
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fóngsyonghuàjí
  - Wade–Giles: fêng²-hsiung¹-hua⁴-chi²
  - Yale: féng-syūng-hwà-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ferngshionghuahjyi
  - Palladius: фэнсюнхуацзи (fɛnsjunxuaczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung⁴ hung¹ faa³ gat¹
  - Yale: fùhng hūng fa gāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁴ hung¹ faa³ gat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung⁴ hung¹ fa³ ged¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²¹ hʊŋ⁵⁵ faː³³ kɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

逢凶化吉

to get through a dangerous crisis; to land on one's feet

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