[-----]

Jyutping faa3 fu6 nau5 wai4 san4 kei4
Pinyin huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    比喻​善用​、​改造​唔​好​嘅​事物​或者​廢物​,​令​佢​發​揮​出​功效
    to change the bad into the good (to renovate wastes and make a miracle)

[-----]

Jyutping faa3 fu6 nau2 wai4 san4 kei4
Pinyin huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    比喻​善用​、​改造​唔​好​嘅​事物​或者​廢物​,​令​佢​發​揮​出​功效
    to change the bad into the good (to renovate wastes and make a miracle)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to find a new use for something that has been discarded; to make a silk purse of a sow's ear
    (syn.) 化腐成奇, 化腐为奇, 化腐為奇
    • 《紅樓夢》寫了各種人的男女關係,包括賈璉、薛蟠的不堪情狀,但還是化腐朽為神奇的筆墨,不能刪除的。
      《红楼梦》写了各种人的男女关系,包括贾琏、薛蟠的不堪情状,但还是化腐朽为神奇的笔墨,不能删除的。
      “ hóng lóu mèng ” xiě le gè zhǒng rén de nán nǚ guān xì , bāo kuò gǔ liǎn , xuē pán de bù kān qíng zhuàng , dàn hái shì huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí de bǐ mò , bù néng shān chú de .
      Dream of the Red Chamber depicts relationships between various men and women, including the wickedness of Jia Lian and Xue Pan. However, those words made a silk purse of a sow's ear and should not be removed.
    • 人間的高手,製茶釀酒如果出錯,只能接受失敗;但我們的人生在上帝手中,卻可以化腐朽為神奇。
      人间的高手,制茶酿酒如果出错,只能接受失败;但我们的人生在上帝手中,却可以化腐朽为神奇。
      rén jiān de gāo shǒu , zhì chá niàng jiǔ rú guǒ chū cuò , zhǐ néng jiē shòu shī bài ; dàn wǒ men de rén shēng zài shàng dì shǒu zhōng , què kě yǐ huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí .
      If a human expert makes a mistake when making tea or wine, he can only accept his failure, but our lives, in God's hands, can be made into something wonderful.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    《红楼梦》写了各种人的男女关系,包括贾琏、薛蟠的不堪情状,但还是化腐朽为神奇的笔墨,不能删除的。
    《紅樓夢》寫了各種人的男女關係,包括賈璉、薛蟠的不堪情狀,但還是化腐朽為神奇的筆墨,不能刪除的。
    “ hóng lóu mèng ” xiě le gè zhǒng rén de nán nǚ guān xì , bāo kuò gǔ liǎn , xuē pán de bù kān qíng zhuàng , dàn hái shì huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí de bǐ mò , bù néng shān chú de .
    • Dream of the Red Chamber depicts relationships between various men and women, including the wickedness of Jia Lian and Xue Pan. However, those words made a silk purse of a sow's ear and should not be removed.
  2. Mandarin
    人间的高手,制茶酿酒如果出错,只能接受失败;但我们的人生在上帝手中,却可以化腐朽为神奇。
    人間的高手,製茶釀酒如果出錯,只能接受失敗;但我們的人生在上帝手中,卻可以化腐朽為神奇。
    rén jiān de gāo shǒu , zhì chá niàng jiǔ rú guǒ chū cuò , zhǐ néng jiē shòu shī bài ; dàn wǒ men de rén shēng zài shàng dì shǒu zhōng , què kě yǐ huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí .
    • If a human expert makes a mistake when making tea or wine, he can only accept his failure, but our lives, in God's hands, can be made into something wonderful.