féng
to meet by chance
to come across
(of a calendar event) to come along
(of an event) to fall on (a particular day)
to fawn upon
chóng féng
to meet again
to be reunited
reunion
xiāng féng
to meet (by chance)
to come across
qiān zǎi nán féng
extremely rare (idiom)
once in a blue moon
féng nián guò jié
at the Chinese New Year or other festivities
měi féng
every time
on each occasion
whenever
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
fig. to turn everything into gold
to have everything going one's way
to benefit from both sides
jué chǔ féng shēng
to come back from death's door (idiom); unexpected rescue from danger
fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation
to find a way out of a predicament
féng xiōng huà jí
misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
píng shuǐ xiāng féng
strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
shēng bù féng shí
born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)
born under an unlucky star
ahead of his time
féng yíng
to fawn on
to ingratiate oneself
(literary) to meet face to face
féng chǎng zuò xì
lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun
to play along according to local conditions
měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])
jiǔ bié chóng féng
to meet again after a long period of separation
Qiū Féng jiǎ
Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
féng rén biàn jiǎng
to tell anybody one happens to meet
féng wú
to come across sth scary
to have a fright
shì féng qí huì
to just happen to coincide with the occasion (idiom)
to be present just at the right time
shì féng
to just happen to coincide with
xiá lù xiāng féng
lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom)
fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face
zhèng féng qí shí
to come at the right time
to be opportune
qí féng dí shǒu
see 棋逢對手|棋逢对手[qi2 feng2 dui4 shou3]
qí féng duì shǒu
to be evenly matched
to meet one's match
kū mù féng chūn
lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
fig. to get a new lease on life
to be revived
(of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
qū yì féng yíng
to bow down to everything sb says or does
to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
it's a small world (idiom)
zāo féng
to encounter (sth unpleasant)
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