萍水相逢
píngshuǐxiāngféng
ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ
- 1strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
Example
關山難越，誰悲失路之人。萍水相逢，盡是他鄉之客。
guānshān nán yuè shéi bēi shī lù zhī rén píngshuǐxiāngféng jìnshì tāxiāng zhī kè
The mountain passes are hard to cross; who will mourn for those who have lost their way? Meeting by chance like drifting duckweed, we are all but travelers in a foreign land.