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路遇

Mandarin · pinyin lù yù

to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere
to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere

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路: lù · road, path, street; journey
遇: yù · meet, come across, encounter

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4–4 · lu4 yu4

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verb

(literary) to happen across one another; to meet on the street; to run into while on one's way

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