碰上

pèng shàng · peng shang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to run into
  2. to come upon
  3. to meet

In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)一(yì)年(nián)碰(pèng)上(shàng)了(le)两(liǎng)起(qǐ)事(shì)故(gù)。

She had two accidents within a year.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by gleydin · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)在(zài)路(lù)上(shang)碰(pèng)上(shàng)了(le)多(duō)年(nián)不(bú)见(jiàn)的(de)老(lǎo)同(tóng)学(xué)。

I ran into an old classmate I hadn't seen in years on the road.

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