Chinese

		to make into; to change into; -ization to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform	to rot; to decay	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	magical; mysterious
trad. (化腐朽為神奇)		化	腐朽	為	神奇
simp. (化腐朽为神奇)		化	腐朽	为	神奇

Idiom

化腐朽為神奇

1. to find a new use for something that has been discarded; make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
   • 2004: jason, 化腐朽为神奇！尽力拯救你的照片 (Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear! Pulling out all the stops to rescue your photographs)

     但如果你使用的是數碼相機那情況就不同了，利用強大的PHOTOSHOP完全可以挽救你的廢片，甚至乎還能化腐朽為神奇，將一張平淡的照片變成一張看頭十足的精品之作呢！

     But if you are using a digital camera, then the situation is different. Using powerful software such as PHOTOSHOP, you can utterly rescue a picture that you had deemed a lost cause. You can even make a silk purse out of a sow's ear by turning a dull photograph into a fine work of art.