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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[yí]
  1. 1. adjective [书] safe
    化险为
    head off disaster
  2. 2. verb [破坏] raze
    为平地
    raze to the ground
  3. 3. verb [杀掉] exterminate
    destroy

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[yí]
  1. 1. adjective [Literary] smooth; safe
    化险为
    turn danger into safety; head off a disaster
  2. 2. verb raze
    为平地
    level to the ground; raze
  3. 3. verb exterminate; wipe out
    extermination of an entire family (a punishment in ancient times)
  4. 4. noun the name for ancient tribes in the east
  5. 5. noun [Old-fashioned] foreign country; foreigner
    foreigners

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[yí]
  1. 1. 我国古代对东部民族的称呼
  2. 2. 古代对中原以外各民族的称呼
  3. 3. 旧时泛指外国或外国人
    情。
    杂处。
    处理务。
  4. 4. 平坦;平安
    履险如
    化险为
  5. 5. 铲平;削平
    为平地。
  6. 6. 动 [文] 消灭;除掉
    灭。
    戮。

Examples

他做事历练稳重,总能在危机关头随机应变,化险为
He handles affairs neatly, maturely, and always plays to the score at critical moment to head off danger.
他总能够临难不惊化险为
He can always stay calm in face of disasters, and head off danger.
化险为
"蛮"""等是古代对兄弟民族的贬称。
苍天有眼,使我化险为

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