Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "逢" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "逢" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
féng
Definition
every time / meet by chance
misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
every time / on each occasion / whenever
lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face
萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng
strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
curry favour with sb. / flatter and fawn on ... / flatter and toady / go out of one's way to curry favour
be present in person on the grand occasion / be personally present at the gala occasion
to fawn on / to ingratiate oneself / (literary) to meet face to face
to just happen to coincide with
to meet (by chance) / to come across
to encounter (sth unpleasant)
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
at the Chinese New Year or other festivities
to meet again / to be reunited / reunion
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
to meet again after a long period of separation
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
coincide with... / right on the occasion of...
lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun / to play along according to local conditions
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time