Keyword
to meet by chance
- to happen to meet
- chance meeting
- coincidence
- Frequency
- #2347
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
féng
Mnemonic
辶 (walk) gives the meaning and 夆 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
逢
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
每逢
every time; on each occasion; whenever
重逢
to meet again; to be reunited; reunion
适逢
to just happen to coincide with
相逢
to meet (by chance); to come across
遭逢
to encounter (sth unpleasant)
千载难逢
extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon
左右逢源
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
逢迎
to fawn on; to ingratiate oneself; (literary) to meet face to face
逢场作戏
lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions
逢年过节
during holidays and festivals; on festive occasions such as New Year
逢凶化吉
misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
狭路相逢
lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom); fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face
久别重逢
to meet again after a long period of separation
萍水相逢
strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
生不逢时
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate); born under an unlucky star; ahead of his time
绝处逢生
(idiom) to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless
丘逢甲
Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
棋逢对手
to be evenly matched; to meet one's match
枯木逢春
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
每逢佳节倍思亲
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王维 (WángWéi))
欣逢
on the happy occasion of
酒逢知己千杯少
a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom); when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down