to come across · to run into · to meet · to hit

pèng dào

p+èng·4th toned+ào·4th tone

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You must have been surprised to meet your teacher in such a place.

在那种地方碰到你的老师，你应该很惊讶吧。

We met her by accident.

我们偶然碰到了她。

You met him at the university?

你在大学碰到他了？

I bumped into him at the station.

我在车站碰到他。

We always hear people asking when they'll meet someone who'll help turn their life around, but why not ask instead who isn't that someone?

总是听到有人说何时会碰到贵人，也許我们应該问，谁不是我们的贵人？

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