化干戈为玉帛

1. • lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
2. • fig. to turn hostility into friendship

Character by character

• 化(huà)make into
• 干(gān)dry
• 戈(gē)surname Ge
• 为(wéi)as (in the capacity of)
• 玉(yù)jade
• 帛(bó)silk