tā xiāng yù gù zhīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
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Original source entry:

他鄉遇故知 他乡遇故知 [ta1 xiang1 yu4 gu4 zhi1] /meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)/

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