他乡遇故知
tā​xiāng​yù​gù​zhī

to meet an old friend in a distant land

  • created sense approved 他乡遇故知/他鄉遇故知 · tā​xiāng​yù​gù​zhī · to meet an old friend in a distant land — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    他乡遇故知 / 他鄉遇故知

    tā​xiāng​yù​gù​zhī

    to meet an old friend in a distant land

    Meeting a friend from home when traveling or living in a foreign place; one of the four great joys in life

    他乡 (literal) → 他乡/他鄉 · tā​xiāng · a foreign land 遇 (literal) → 遇 · yù · to encounter 故知 (literal) → 故知 · gù​zhī · old friend

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 他乡遇故知/他鄉遇故知 · tā​xiāng​yù​gù​zhī · [dice game] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    他乡遇故知 / 他鄉遇故知

    tā​xiāng​yù​gù​zhī

    [dice game]

    A term used in traditional dice games to describe throwing two pairs of identical numbers across four dice.

    他乡 (literal) → 他乡/他鄉 · tā​xiāng · a foreign land 遇 (literal) → 遇 · yù · to encounter 故知 (literal) → 故知 · gù​zhī · old friend

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense