化腐朽為神奇 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 化腐朽为神奇 huàfǔxiǔwéishénqí ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄈㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄑㄧˊ lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom) Character by character 化(huà)make into 腐(fǔ)decay 朽(xiǔ)rotten 為(wéi)as (in the capacity of) 神(shén)God 奇(qí)strange A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0