狭路相逢 — Chinese idiom
狭路相逢
xiá lù xiāng féng
Traditional: 狹路相逢
Meaning
- lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path
- fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face
Character by character
- 狭xiánarrow, limited; narrow-minded
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 逢féngto happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence
Idioms sharing a character
- 地狭人稠 dì xiá rén chóu
- 心胸狭窄 xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi
- 一路货色 yī lù huò sè
- 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
- 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi
- 半路出家 bàn lù chū jiā
- 天雨路滑 tiān yù lù huá
- 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
- 广开言路 guǎng kāi yán lù
- 必经之路 bì jīng zhī lù
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