萍水相逢 — Chinese idiom
萍水相逢
píng shuǐ xiāng féng
Meaning
- strangers coming together by chance
Character by character
- 萍píngduckweed; to travel, to wander
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 逢féngto happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
Idioms sharing a character
- 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
- 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
- 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng
- 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
- 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù
- 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù
- 山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn
- 山长水远 shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn
- 山高水长 shān gāo shuǐ cháng
- 山高水险 shān gāo shuǐ xiǎn
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