人生何處不相逢

See also: 人生何处不相逢

Chinese

		life	what place; where	not; no	to meet by chance; to bump into each other; to run into each other
trad. (人生何處不相逢)		人生	何處	不	相逢
simp. (人生何处不相逢)		人生	何处	不	相逢
Literally: “in life, where will you not run into other people?”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sang¹ ho⁴ cyu³ bat¹ soeng¹ fung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénshēng héchù bù xiāngféng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsheng héchù bù siangfóng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-shêng¹ ho²-chʻu⁴ pu⁴ hsiang¹-fêng²
    • Yale: rén-shēng hé-chù bù syāng-féng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rensheng herchuh bu shiangferng
    • Palladius: жэньшэн хэчу бу сянфэн (žɛnʹšɛn xɛču bu sjanfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sang¹ ho⁴ cyu³ bat¹ soeng¹ fung⁴
    • Yale: yàhn sāng hòh chyu bāt sēung fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sang¹ ho⁴ tsy³ bat⁷ soeng¹ fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ seng¹ ho⁴ qu³ bed¹ sêng¹ fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ hɔː²¹ t͡sʰyː³³ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ²¹/

Proverb

1. even if you are separated from somebody by a great distance, there is always a chance that you may bump into them someday; it's a small world