逢
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Definitions
- 1. to meet by chance
- 2. to come across
- 3. (of a calendar event) to come along
- 4. (of an event) to fall on (a particular day)
- 5. to fawn upon
Words Containing 逢
every time
strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
to meet again after a long period of separation
it's a small world (idiom)
extremely rare (idiom)
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
to bow down to everything sb says or does
lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
to be evenly matched
see 棋逢對手|棋逢对手[qí féng duì shǒu]
on the happy occasion of
to come at the right time
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[wáng wéi])
lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom)
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)
to meet (by chance)
to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless (idiom)
to tell anybody one happens to meet
to come across sth scary; to have a fright
misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun
at the Chinese New Year or other festivities
to fawn on
market day
to just happen to coincide with
(idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time
to encounter (sth unpleasant)
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
to meet again