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遇上 (yù shǎng) — to encounter; to run into (sb./sth.)

Definition

verb
to encounterto run into (sb./sth.)

Examples

  • 遇上。
    Zuó tiān wǒ zài jiē shàng yù shǎng le yí gè lǎo péng you.
    Yesterday I ran into an old friend on the street.
  • 遇上。
    Zài gōng zuò zhōng wǒ men kě néng huì yù shǎng gè zhǒng kùn nan.
    At work we may encounter all kinds of difficulties.
  • 遇上。
    Méi xiǎng dào huì zài zhè lǐ yù shǎng nǐ.
    I didn't expect to run into you here.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

遇yùmeet
上shàngup/on

遇 'meet' and 上 'up/on' together give the sense of coming upon someone or something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
禺
禺yú遇yù
Same sound today

遇 combines 辶, a walking-related part, with 禺, which gives the sound. The 辶 part shows that the meaning involves walking or moving.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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