I ran across an old friend near the bank.
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碰见
Traditional: 碰見
pèng jiàn
HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 5
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pèng jiàn · pung3 gin3 (Jyutping)
- to run into
- to meet (unexpectedly)
- to bump into
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I didn't expect to see you at a place like this.
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