







化腐朽为神奇 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to transform something decayed, ordinary, or seemingly useless into something marvelous, extraordinary, or highly valuable; to work wonders with something insignificant”. Literally, “To transform decay into wonder”.

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Open the tool →化腐朽为神奇 (huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to transform something decayed, ordinary, or seemingly useless into something marvelous, extraordinary, or highly valuable; to work wonders with something insignificant”.
化腐朽为神奇 is pronounced huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 化腐朽为神奇 means “to transform decay into wonder”. It is used to mean “to transform something decayed, ordinary, or seemingly useless into something marvelous, extraordinary, or highly valuable; to work wonders with something insignificant”.
神奇:神妙奇特的东西。变坏为好,变死板为灵巧,变无用为有用。