化干戈為玉帛意思是消除仇怨，變戰(zhàn)爭為和平，變沖突為友好?！案伞薄案辍笔怯糜诜烙瓦M(jìn)攻的兩種武器（two weapons of war which were used for defense and attack respectively），借指戰(zhàn)爭、武力沖突；“玉”“帛”指玉器和束帛，是古代諸侯會盟、諸侯與天子朝聘時互贈的禮物（jades and silks which were gifts exchanged between feudal lords and tribute paid to monarchs），后來用于表示和平共處之意。

這句話可以翻譯為eliminate animosity in order to turn war into peace and turn conflicts into amity。

例句：

上天降災(zāi)，使我兩君匪以玉帛相見，而以興戎。

Heaven has struck disaster, bringing our two sovereign lords to face each other, not with jades and silks, but with the instruments of war.

Editor: Danny