化險為夷

化险为夷
huàxiǎnwéiyí
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 化 huà
  1. to make into
  2. to change into
  3. -ization
  4. to ... -ize
  5. to transform
  6. abbr. for 化學 huàxué
2 險 xiǎn
  1. danger
  2. dangerous
  3. rugged
3 為 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
4 夷 yí
  1. non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. barbarians
  3. to wipe out
  4. to exterminate
  5. to tear down
  6. to raze