huà xiǎn wéi yídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
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Original source entry:

化險為夷 化险为夷 [hua4 xian3 wei2 yi2] /to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster/

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