- meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
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- meeting an old friend in a foreign place
This idiom expresses the joy and surprise of encountering someone familiar in an unfamiliar environment. It highlights the warmth of friendship amidst the feelings of being far from home.
zài在zhè ge这个mò shēng陌生de的chéng shì城市,wǒ我zài在kā fēi guǎn咖啡馆yì wài意外yù jiàn遇见le了wǒ我de的lǎo péng you老朋友。
In this unfamiliar city, I unexpectedly ran into my old friend at the café.
Generated collocations (experimental)
tā xiāng yù gù zhī他乡遇故知meeting an old friend in a foreign placezài在tā xiāng yù gù zhī他乡遇故知to meet an old friend in a foreign landyuǎn fāng远方Yù遇gù故zhī知to encounter an old friend from afartā他xiāng乡chóng重féng逢to reunite in a foreign placegù zhī故知xiāng féng相逢old friends meeting againbù qī ér yù不期而遇de的gù zhī故知an unexpected meeting with an old friendtā他xiāng乡Yù遇gù yǒu故友to meet an old acquaintance in another landsī xiāng思乡de的tā xiāng yù gù zhī他乡遇故知to meet an old friend abroad while feeling homesickmò shēng陌生dì fāng地方Yù遇jiù旧yǒu友to find an old friend in an unfamiliar placelǚ tú旅途zhòng dì中的tā xiāng yù gù zhī他乡遇故知meeting an old friend in the course of a journey