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逢

féng

Definition

to meet by chance
to come across
(of a calendar event) to come along
(of an event) to fall on (a particular day)
to fawn upon

Character Decomposition

Compounds (5)

to sew; to stitch

seam; crack; narrow slit

fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier (for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff); measure word

sail

wide; to sew

Related words (16)

to come across sth scary; to have a fright

to fawn on; to ingratiate oneself; (literary) to meet face to face

market day

féng rén biàn jiǎng

to tell anybody one happens to meet

féng nián guò jié

at the Chinese New Year or other festivities

every time; on each occasion; whenever

to meet (by chance); to come across

to just happen to coincide with

to encounter (sth unpleasant)

to meet again; to be reunited; reunion

jiǔ bié chóng féng

to meet again after a long period of separation

qū yì féng yíng

to bow down to everything sb says or does; to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself

qí féng duì shǒu

to be evenly matched; to meet one's match

qí féng dí shǒu

see 棋逢对手

zhèng féng qí shí

to come at the right time; to be opportune

每逢佳节倍思亲

měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn

doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王维)

Idioms (12)

féng xiōng huà jí

to turn away bad luck; misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account

féng chǎng zuò xì

(lit.) find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions

qiān zǎi nán féng

extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon

zuǒ yòu féng yuán

(lit.) to strike water right and left (idiom); (fig.) to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way; to benefit from both sides

kū mù féng chūn

(lit.) the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom); (fig.) to get a new lease on life; to be revived; (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve

xiá lù xiāng féng

(lit.) to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom); (fig.) enemies or rivals meet face to face

shēng bù féng shí

born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate); born under an unlucky star; ahead of his time

jué chǔ féng shēng

to come back from death's door (idiom); unexpected rescue from danger; (fig.) to recover from a seemingly impossible situation; to find a way out of a predicament

píng shuǐ xiāng féng

strangers coming together by chance (idiom)

shì féng qí huì

to just happen to coincide with the occasion (idiom); to be present just at the right time

人生何处不相逢

rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng

it's a small world (idiom)

屋漏偏逢连夜雨

wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

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