Read Edit View history 擦肩而过 cājiān'érguò brush past Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 擦肩而过 (擦肩而過) cājiān'érguò brush past expression to brush past or pass by someone physically very closely 我们在走廊里擦肩而过，谁也没抬头。 wǒmen zài zǒuláng lǐ cājiān'érguò, shéi yě méi táitóu. We brushed past each other in the hallway without either of us looking up. miss expression to narrowly miss an opportunity or a danger; to have a brush with death 他在这场意外中与死神擦肩而过。 tā zài zhè cháng yìwài zhōng yǔ sǐshén cājiān'érguò. He had a close shave with death in that accident. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.16 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 6.44 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
擦肩而过 (擦肩而過) cājiān'érguò brush past expression to brush past or pass by someone physically very closely 我们在走廊里擦肩而过，谁也没抬头。 wǒmen zài zǒuláng lǐ cājiān'érguò, shéi yě méi táitóu. We brushed past each other in the hallway without either of us looking up. miss expression to narrowly miss an opportunity or a danger; to have a brush with death 他在这场意外中与死神擦肩而过。 tā zài zhè cháng yìwài zhōng yǔ sǐshén cājiān'érguò. He had a close shave with death in that accident. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.16 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 6.44 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)