# 化险为夷 (huàxiǎnwéiyí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 化险为夷 (huàxiǎnwéiyí) means “to turn danger into safety”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to turn danger into safety
- Pinyin: huàxiǎnwéiyí (hua4 xian3 wei2 yi2)
- Traditional: 化險為夷
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 多亏了他，我们才化险为夷。
  Duōkuī le tā, wǒmen cái huàxiǎnwéiyí.
  Thanks to his help, we turned danger into safety.

## Characters

- [化](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-melt/) (huà): to melt; to change into
- [险](https://hanziro.com/word/xian-danger/) (xiǎn): danger; dangerous
- [为](https://hanziro.com/word/wei-because/) (wèi): for; because of
- 夷 (yí): non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians

https://hanziro.com/word/hua-xian-wei-yi-turn-danger-into/

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