擦肩而过 / 擦肩而過

cā jiān ér guò

Meaning

• to brush past · to pass by (someone)
• to miss (an opportunity, a danger and so on) · to have a brush (with death)

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Example sentences

• 女孩与我擦肩而过。

  女孩與我擦肩而過。

  nǚ hái yǔ wǒ cā jiān ér guò。

  The girl brushed past me.

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