Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 遭逢, composed of (to encounter) and (to meet).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tao phùng

  1. (literary, dated) to encounter somebody
    Synonyms: gặp, gặp gỡ
    “...tiếc cho tạo hóa khéo vô tình, ngàn năm một hội tao phùng, phận thủy có, phận chung sao chẳng có?""It is regretful that the Creator is heartless; one moment of encounter in a thousand years; there is the fate of beginning, why is there not the fate of ending?