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逢凶化吉

féng xiōng huà jídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
misfortune turns to blessing (idiom) / to turn an inauspicious start to good account
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1aa44e3c7740e5c3. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

逢凶化吉 逢凶化吉 [feng2 xiong1 hua4 ji2] /misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 逢
    féng

    to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon

  • 凶
    xiōng

    terrible / fearful / vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine

  • 化
    huā

    See the full entry for source details.

    huà

    to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学[huà xué]

  • 吉
    jí

    lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

    Jí

    short name for Jilin 吉林[Jí lín] / surname Ji

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.