狹路相逢

Chinese

			to meet by chance; to bump into each other; to run into each other
trad. (狹路相逢)		狹路	相逢
simp. (狭路相逢)		狭路	相逢
alternative forms		相逢狹路／相逢狭路
Literally: “to meet each other on a narrow path”.

Etymology

From “Xiang Feng Xing” (《相逢行》), a yuefu poem of the Han dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiálùxiāngféng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haap⁶ lou⁶ soeng¹ fung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiálùxiāngféng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siálùsiangfóng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²-lu⁴-hsiang¹-fêng²
    • Yale: syá-lù-syāng-féng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyaluhshiangferng
    • Palladius: сялусянфэн (sjalusjanfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵ lu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haap⁶ lou⁶ soeng¹ fung⁴
    • Yale: haahp louh sēung fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁹ lou⁶ soeng¹ fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hab⁶ lou⁶ sêng¹ fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚² lou̯²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

狹路相逢

1. to come into unavoidable confrontation