Chinese

		to make into; to change into; -ization to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform	the weapons of war; arms	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	jade and silk products
trad. (化干戈為玉帛)		化	干戈	為	玉帛
simp. (化干戈为玉帛)		化	干戈	为	玉帛
Literally: “to turn weapons of war into gifts of jade and silk”.

Idiom

化干戈為玉帛

1. to turn hostility into friendship; to bury the hatchet