相遇 xiāngyù to meet
to meet; to encounter; to come across
How to remember 相遇: 相 mutual + 遇 encounter = to meet.
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How it is used
- To meet or run into each other, often by chance - 我们在旅途中偶然相遇 (wǒmen zài lǚtú zhōng ǒurán xiāngyù) we happened to meet while traveling.
- More literary and often fated-sounding than plain 遇到/碰见; common in stories about how two people first crossed paths.