萍水相逢
píng​shuǐ​xiāng​féng HSK7

to meet by chance

  • created sense approved 萍水相逢 · píng​shuǐ​xiāng​féng · to meet by chance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    萍水相逢

    píng​shuǐ​xiāng​féng

    to meet by chance

    (idiom) a meeting of strangers by chance, like patches of drifting duckweed coming together on the water

    萍 (literal) → 萍 · píng · duckweed 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 逢 (literal) → 逢 · féng · to meet

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