Definition

1. Noun:
   • An unexpected encounter, a chance meeting: "giải cấu" refers to a meeting that happens by chance, without prior arrangement or planning. It is an old, literary term.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cuộc giải cấu của họ ở chợ phiên thật tình cờ. (Their chance meeting at the market fair was truly coincidental.)
  • Đó chỉ là một giải cấu, không phải cuộc hẹn có chủ ý. (That was merely an unexpected encounter, not an intentional appointment.)

Advanced Usage

• "giải cấu tương phùng": This is a four-character idiom (từ Hán Việt) that is almost always paired with "giải cấu". It means "to meet unexpectedly after a long separation" or "a fortuitous reunion".
  • Sau mười năm xa cách, họ có một cuộc giải cấu tương phùng đầy cảm xúc. (After ten years apart, they had an emotional unexpected reunion.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gặp gỡ tình cờ (phrase): A modern, more common way to express "chance meeting" or "accidental encounter".
• Cuộc hội ngộ (noun): A reunion or gathering, which can be planned or unexpected, but often carries a positive connotation of meeting again.

Synonyms

• Sự gặp gỡ bất ngờ: An unexpected meeting.
• Sự tương ngộ: A literary term for meeting or encounter.

Notes on Usage

• "Giải cấu" is a very old and literary term from Sino-Vietnamese (Hán Việt). It is rarely used in modern, everyday spoken Vietnamese. It is primarily found in classical literature, poetry, or formal, stylized writing.
• It is almost exclusively used in the fixed phrase "giải cấu tương phùng", which emphasizes the surprising and often joyful nature of the unexpected meeting. Using "giải cấu" alone is very uncommon.

1. Giải cấu tương phùng
2. Meet unexpectedly