turn bad luck into a blessing(zhuǎn zāi wéi fú)

turn bad luck into a blessing

Turning disaster into happiness, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ǎ NZ ā IW é if ú, which means turning disaster into happiness. It's from the eclipse of the fourth year of Yanguang.

The origin of Idioms

According to the eclipse of the fourth year of Yanguang written by Ma Rong of Han Dynasty, "you must have two talents, no two short tiredness. You can take part in the official affairs, and take charge of the art of war. Then you can overcome the difficulties and turn the disaster into a blessing."

Idiom usage

To turn a bad thing into a good one.

Examples

Turn calamity into blessing, my tongue is silent, rely on green to nestle up to red, you are careful. Wang Tingna, Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : zhuǎn zāi wéi fú