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巧合

qiǎohé

coincidence; coincidental

Two people bump into each other carrying matching packages
Memory picture

Characters in this word

巧 qiǎo

Strokes
5
Radical
工 — labor, work
Made of
工 labor, work 丂 breath
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

合 hé

Strokes
6
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
亼 to assemble, to gather together 口 mouth

Example phrases

  • 两份报告在同一天提交并非巧合,而是双方长期协调的结果。 Liǎng fèn bàogào zài tóng yì tiān tíjiāo bìngfēi qiǎohé, ér shì shuāngfāng chángqī xiétiáo de jiéguǒ. The two reports being submitted on the same day was not a coincidence, but the result of long-term coordination between both sides.
  • 在陌生城市遇见老同学,真是个惊喜的巧合。 Zài mòshēng chéngshì yùjiàn lǎo tóngxué, zhēn shì gè jīngxǐ de qiǎohé. Meeting an old classmate in a strange city is truly a delightful coincidence.
  • 同一天搬进同一栋楼,纯属巧合,我们后来成了朋友。 Tóng yì tiān bān jìn tóng yī dòng lóu, chúnshǔ qiǎohé, wǒmen hòulái chéng le péngyou. It was pure coincidence that we moved into the same building on the same day; we later became friends.

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