化干戈为玉帛 meaning in English
(化战争为和平) bury the hatchet; beat swords into ploughshares -- put an end to war and have peace; cease hostilities and negotiate for peace; turn hostility into friendship; turn swords into ploughshares
Examples
- After years of quarrelling we at last sent our cousins a christmas card as an olive-branch .
我们与堂兄弟多年不和，最后我们送给他们一张圣诞卡，算是化干戈为玉帛。 - Can we not have peace , you and l
我们就不能化干戈为玉帛吗你和我 - L have negotiated peace treaties between implacable enemies
我也曾帮助不共戴天的仇敌化干戈为玉帛 - L have negotiated peace treaties between implacable enemies
我也曾帮助不共戴天的仇敌化干戈为玉帛 - After years of quarrelling we at last sent our cousins a christmas card as an olive - branch
我们与堂兄弟多年不和,最后我们送给他们一张圣诞卡,算是化干戈为玉帛