碰头会 (pèng tóu huì) — brief meeting; quick coordination meeting; private meeting; tête-à-tête (especially of leaders)
Definition
A short, informal meeting for quick coordination between a small group of people — usually scheduled on short notice. Often used for leaders' brief one-on-one or small-group talks, in which sense it overlaps with the more general 会议.
noun
brief meetingquick coordination meetingprivate meetingtête-à-tête (especially of leaders)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 碰头会，。Wǒ men míng tiān xià wǔ yǒu yí gè pèng tóu huì, tǎo lùn yí xià jì huà.We have a brief meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss the plan.
- 碰头会，。Liǎng wèi lǐng dǎo zài bàn gōng shì kāi le yí gè pèng tóu huì, tán le bàn xiǎo shí.The two leaders had a private meeting in the office for half an hour.
- 碰头会，。Zhè ge pèng tóu huì hěn duǎn, zhǐ yòng le shí fēn zhōng.This brief meeting was very short, only took ten minutes.
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