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Definition(s) for: 他乡遇故知

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
他乡遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī - meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 91,312 96,495 59,522

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
- (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2])
xiāng- country or countryside
- native place
- home village or town
- township (PRC administrative unit)
- surname Yu
- (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned
- (bound form) to treat; to receive
- happening
- instance
- reason
- cause
- intentional
- former
- old
- friend
- therefore
- hence
- (of people) to die, dead
zhī- to know
- to be aware

Other Words Containing 他乡遇故知

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
他乡遇故知 - - 91,312 96,495 59,522