他鄉遇故知

Chinese

		foreign land, away from one's native place	meet with	old acquaintance; old friend
trad. (他鄉遇故知)		他鄉	遇	故知
simp. (他乡遇故知)		他乡	遇	故知

Etymology

舊傳有詩四句，誦世人得意者云：『久旱逢甘雨，他鄉遇故知，洞房花燭夜，金榜掛名時。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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旧传有诗四句，诵世人得意者云：『久旱逢甘雨，他乡遇故知，洞房花烛夜，金榜挂名时。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Hong Mai, Notes of Rongzhai (容齋隨筆)

Jiù chuán yǒu shī sì jù, sòng shìrén déyì zhě yún: ‘Jiǔ hàn féng gānyǔ, tāxiāng yù gùzhī, dòngfáng huāzhú yè, jīnbǎng guàmíng shí. [Pinyin]

There was a 4-verse poem describing things that make people delightful: “Rain after long drought, Meeting an old friend in a foreign land, The candle-lit night in the bridal chamber, And the time when one was admitted in the imperial examination.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāxiāng yù gùzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄩˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ hoeng¹ jyu⁶ gu³ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāxiāng yù gùzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄩˋ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tasiang yù gùjhih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa¹-hsiang¹ yü⁴ ku⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: tā-syāng yù gù-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tashiang yuh guhjy
    • Palladius: тасян юй гучжи (tasjan juj gučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taa¹ hoeng¹ jyu⁶ gu³ zi¹
    • Yale: tā hēung yuh gu jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ hoeng¹ jy⁶ gu³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ hêng¹ yu⁶ gu³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵ jyː²² kuː³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Phrase

他鄉遇故知

1. to meet an old friend in a foreign place