Dictionary/萍水相逢

萍水相逢

píng shuǐ xiāng féng

ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ
HSK 7-9core 10k
1strangers coming together by chance (idiom)

Characters

萍水相逢

Example

guān關shān山nán難yuè越，shuí誰bēi悲shī失lù路zhī之rén人。píng shuǐ xiāng féng萍水相逢，jǐn盡shì是tā他xiāng鄉zhī之kè客。
關山難越，誰悲失路之人。萍水相逢，盡是他鄉之客。
The mountain passes are hard to cross; who will mourn for those who have lost their way? Meeting by chance like drifting duckweed, we are all but travelers in a foreign land.