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化干戈为玉帛

huà​gān​gē​wéi​yù​bó

fig. to turn hostility into friendship

Definitions

化干戈为玉帛 (化干戈為玉帛) 

huà​gān​gē​wéi​yù​bó

lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility into friendship

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