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 ㄒㄩㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁴ hung¹ faa³ gat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féngxiōnghuàjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˋ 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

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