meet by chance like patches of drifting duckweed(píng shuǐ xiāng féng)

meet by chance like patches of drifting duckweed

Meet by chance, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p í ngshu ǐ Xi ā NGF é ng, which means Ping drifts with the water, gathering and dispersing indefinitely. It refers to the chance meeting of strangers. It comes from Wang Bo's farewell preface to Tengwang Pavilion in Hongfu in autumn: "meet by chance; they are all guests from other places."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] meet by chance, meet by one side

The origin of Idioms

Wang Bo of Tang Dynasty wrote farewell preface to Tengwang Pavilion in Hongfu in autumn: "meeting by chance is full of guests from other places."

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's predicate and attribute; it's not intimate. Chapter 14 of the scholars written by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty: I met you by chance, being gentle and kind. It's too late. Why don't you take it and talk with me? (2) the first volume of Yu Shi Ming Yan written by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty: "he and I met by chance. They were similar in age and appearance. They talked and talked with each other and admired each other." (3) Chapter 33 of three heroes and five righteousness by Shi Yukun of Qing Dynasty: Yan Sheng replied, "if you don't dislike it, why don't you live together here?" Just listen to the humanitarian: "meet by chance, how to disturb it?" (4) the fifth chapter of Jing Hua Yuan in Qing Dynasty: "we met by chance, are we destined to be together?" 5. Wang Wenshi's "the red coal": "we met by chance, huddled together, and talked about the construction situation in various parts of the motherland, with high interest."

Chinese PinYin : píng shuǐ xiāng féng