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他乡遇故知

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Collocation

1
他乡遇故知的喜悦
2
想不到能够他乡遇故知
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两人他乡遇故知

Definition

他乡遇故知

Literally means:

run into an old friend in foreign land

Actually means:

他乡 refers to a distant or foreign land; 遇 means coming across or running into; 故知 is an old friend or acquaintance.

This phrase means coming across an old friend in a foreign land. It is usually used to indicate that one is happy about that. Commendatory.

他乡,家乡以外的地方,即外地。遇,遇到。故知,老朋友,熟人。

他乡遇故知,在外地碰到了老朋友。常用来说明在陌生的外地意外地碰到熟人,心里很高兴。具有褒义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive. (作谓语、宾语、定语)
1
bèi
pài
dào
li
那里
gōngzuò
工作
hòu
以后
  
,
zhí
一直
méiyǒu
没有
huì
机会
lǎojiā
老家
de
péngyou
朋友
lián
联系
  
,
jīntiān
今天
jìngrán
竟然
zài
jiā
shāngdiàn
商店
pèngdào
碰到
le
lái
来自
lǎojiā
老家
de
hǎo
péngyou
朋友
  
xiāngzhī
他乡遇故知
  
,
jīng
惊奇
yòu
kāixīn
开心
  

After he was sent to work there, he never had the opportunity to contact his friends back home, and today he met a good friend from his hometown in a shop. He was both surprised and happy when he was killed.

2
xiāngzhī
他乡遇故知
  
,
zhè
běnlái
本来
jiùshì
就是
rénshēng
人生
de
shì
乐事
  
Lǎozhāng
老张
zhè
这次
chūchāi
出差
wài
意外
dào
遇到
wèi
lǎo
tóngxué
同学
  
,
bìng
zài
lǎo
tóngxué
同学
de
bāngzhù
帮助
xià
bàn
wán
le
shìqing
事情
  
,
rán
自然
wài
格外
gāoxìng
高兴
le
  

He knew that this was already a great pleasure in life. Lao Zhang this business trip unexpectedly met an old classmate, and with the help of old classmates to do things, naturally very happy.

3
Zhīyǒu
只有
qīnshēn
亲身
jīng
经历
guò
de
rén
  
,
cái
néng
zhēnzhèng
真正
lǐnghuì
领会
dào
xiāngzhī
他乡遇故知
de
yuè
喜悦
  

Only those who have experienced it first-hand can truly appreciate the joy of knowing what is going on in other countries.