逢场作戏 — Chinese idiom
逢场作戏
féng chǎng zuò xì
Traditional: 逢場作戲
Meaning
- lit. find a stage, put on a comedy ; to join in the fun
- to play along according to local conditions
Character by character
- 逢féngto happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
- 场chǎngfield, open space; market, square; stage
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 戏xìplay, show, theater
Idioms sharing a character
- 千载难逢 qiān zǎi nán féng
- 左右逢源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán
- 枯木逢春 kū mù féng chūn
- 狭路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng
- 生不逢时 shēng bù féng shí
- 绝处逢生 jué chù féng shēng
- 萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng
- 逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí
- 适逢其会 shì féng qí huì
- 战死沙场 zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
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