狭路相逢

狹路相逢

xiálù-xiāngféng

idiom #40,733

Meanings

HSK 3

两支老对手在决赛中狭路相逢。

Liǎng zhī lǎo duìshǒu zài juésài zhōng xiálùxiāngféng.

The two old rivals came face to face in the final.

HSK 5

没想到在这家小餐馆和前老板狭路相逢。

Méixiǎngdào zài zhè jiā xiǎo cānguǎn hé qián lǎobǎn xiálùxiāngféng.

I never expected to run into my old boss in this little restaurant.

HSK 6

狭路相逢勇者胜，关键时刻就要敢拼。

Xiálùxiāngféng yǒng zhě shèng, guānjiàn shíkè jiùyào gǎn pīn.

When rivals meet on a narrow path, the brave one wins - at critical moments you have to dare to fight.

culture

The fuller saying 狭路相逢勇者胜 (when rivals meet, the brave one wins) is widely quoted in sports, business, and military contexts.

history

From the Han-dynasty 乐府 poem 《相逢行》: 相逢狭路间，道隘不容车 - meeting on a road too narrow even for a cart to pass.

狭 xiá

路 lù

相 xiāng

逢 féng