逢凶化吉

féng xiōng huà jí

misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account

逢

féng

to meet by chance

凶

xiōng

vicious

化

huà

to make into

吉

jí

abbr. for Jilin 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]