遇 - yù - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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12 strokes
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遇

yù

Definition

to meet
to encounter
to treat
to receive
opportunity
chance

Character Decomposition

Related words (31)

遇到

yù dào

to meet; to encounter; to run into; to come across; to bump (into someone)

遇刺

yù cì

to be attacked by an assassin

to be murdered

to catch fire; to ignite

遇襲

yù xí

to suffer attack; to be ambushed

遇見

yù jiàn

to meet; to come across

遇險

yù xiǎn

to get into difficulties; to meet with danger

遇難

yù nàn

to perish; to be killed

victim; fatality

shipwreck

to meet with; to bump into

偶遇

ǒu yù

a chance encounter; to meet accidentally

冷遇

lěng yù

a cold reception; to cold-shoulder sb

circumstance

extramarital affair

happy encounter; fortuitous meeting; adventure

待遇

dài yù

treatment; pay; salary; status; rank

恰遇

qià yù

to chance upon; to coincide fortuitously with sth

感遇

gǎn yù

gratitude for good treatment; to sigh; to lament

機遇

jī yù

opportunity; favorable circumstance; stroke of luck

相遇

xiāng yù

to meet; to encounter; to come across

禮遇

lǐ yù

courtesy; deferential treatment; polite reception

艷遇

yàn yù

encounter with a beautiful woman; romance; affair

遭遇

zāo yù

to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience

際遇

jì yù

luck; fate; opportunity; the ups and downs of life

a lament (poem)

meet by chance; have a chance encounter

流離遇合

liú lí yù hé

to reunite after being homeless refugees

special treatment

only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)

最惠國待遇

zuì huì guó dài yù

most favored nation

Idioms (6)

遇事生風

yù shì shēng fēng

to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom)

懷才不遇

huái cái bù yù

to have talent but no opportunity (idiom); to be an unrecognized talent

知遇之恩

zhī yù zhī ēn

(lit.) the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection

隨遇而安

suí yù ér ān

at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt; flexible; to accept circumstances with good will

他鄉遇故知

tā xiāng yù gù zhī

meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)

可遇不可求

kě yù bù kě qiú

can be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things serendipitously

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