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beat swords into ploughshares · selling one's swords to purchase oxen for farming - reformation of brigands

卖剑买牛
mài jiàn mǎi niú
m+ài·4th tonej+iàn·4th tonem+ǎi·3rd tonen+iú·2nd tone
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
leave military pursuits and promote culture偃武修文yǎn wǔ xiū wén
Antonyms
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) · to join the military (esp. of educated person)投笔从戎tóu bǐ cóng róngwar on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters南征北战nán zhēng běi zhànwar on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters东征西讨dōng zhēng xī tǎo