萍

(bound form) duckweed

Ví dụ

• 关山难越，谁悲失路之人。萍水相逢，尽是他乡之客。

  guān shān nán Yuè shéi bēi shī Lù zhī rén píng shuǐ xiāng féng jìn shì tā xiāng zhī kè

  The mountain passes are hard to cross; who will mourn for those who have lost their way? Meeting by chance like drifting duckweed, we are all but travelers in a foreign land.

• 他两个萍水相逢，年相若，貌相似，谭吐应对之间，彼此敬慕。

  tā liǎng gě píng shuǐ xiāng féng Nián xiāng ruò mào xiàng shì Tán tǔ yìng duì zhī jiān bǐ cǐ jìng mù

  The two met entirely by chance. Being of similar age and appearance, they quickly found themselves admiring one another as they conversed.