他鄉遇故知 (taa1 hoeng1 jyu6 gu3 zi1 | ) : run into an old friend in a foreign place

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他鄉遇故知

taa1 hoeng1 jyu6 gu3 zi1

run into an old friend in a foreign place:
他鄉 literally means "other township/countryside", refering to somewhere foreign, not your hometown.
故知literally means "history-knowing", refering to someone who knows your history and story, thus an old friend.

Although it's commonly used with just these 5 words, but the entire idiom is 久旱逢甘雨，他鄉遇故知。 The first half is saying "(sweet) rain after a long drought", refering to being happy (of having rain finally, same as meeting an old friend, in a foreign place)

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

他鄉遇故知

This word has been viewed 2249 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 9th Nov 2009 14:34 and last edited on 9th Nov 2009 16:01

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他 taa1 - other
鄉 hoeng1 - village; hometown; township
遇 jyu6 - meet, encounter; treat; chance
故 gu3 - former; reason; therefore; pass away; friend
知 zi1 zi3 - know; knowledge; inform

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