冤家路窄
yuān​jiā​lù​zhǎi

enemies often cross paths

  • created reference approved 冤家路窄 → 冤家路狭/冤家路狹 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    冤家路窄 yuān​jiā​lù​zhǎi

    冤家路狭 / 冤家路狹 yuān​jiā​lù​xiá

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  • created sense approved 冤家路窄 · yuān​jiā​lù​zhǎi · enemies often cross paths — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    冤家路窄

    yuān​jiā​lù​zhǎi

    enemies often cross paths

    literally 'the road is narrow for enemies'; used to describe a situation where rivals or people who dislike each other happen to meet unexpectedly and cannot avoid one another

    冤家 (literal) → 冤家 · yuān​jia · enemy 路 (literal) → 路 · lù · road 窄 (literal) → 窄 · zhǎi · narrow

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

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