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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「陌路相逢」.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「陌路相逢」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Meet strangers.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mò lù xiàng féng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mak6 lou6 seung2 fung4

Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.