Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To meet with a favourable opportunity: To encounter or come across a convenient, opportune, or advantageous moment for doing something. It implies a chance occurrence that provides a suitable time for an action or meeting.
   • To have/get a chance/opportunity (to do something): To find oneself in a situation where it is convenient or possible to do something, often implying the opportunity was somewhat coincidental.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Tôi gặp dịp đi công tác gần nhà bạn nên sẽ ghé thăm. (I met with the favourable opportunity of a business trip near your house, so I will visit.)
  • Anh ấy gặp dịp thuận lợi để trình bày ý tưởng của mình. (He got a good chance to present his ideas.)
  • Chúng tôi hiếm khi gặp dịp để cả gia đình sum họp. (We rarely have the opportunity for the whole family to gather.)

Advanced Usage

• "gặp được dịp": To successfully encounter a good opportunity. This emphasizes the successful attainment of the chance.
  • Cuối cùng tôi cũng gặp được dịp hỏi chuyên gia về vấn đề đó. (I finally got the chance to ask the expert about that issue.)
• "nếu có dịp/gặp dịp": If (you) have the chance/opportunity. A common conditional phrase used to express a future possibility.
  • Nếu có dịp, tôi sẽ quay lại thăm thành phố này. (If I get the chance, I will return to visit this city.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dịp (n): Occasion, opportunity, time. The core noun meaning "occasion."
  • dịp Tết (Tet holiday occasion)
  • dịp may (lucky opportunity/chance)
• Gặp (v): To meet, to encounter, to come across.
• Có dịp (verb phrase): To have an occasion/opportunity. Very similar in meaning to "gặp dịp," but "có dịp" can sound slightly more planned or possessed, while "gặp dịp" often emphasizes the chance encounter of the opportunity.
  • Tôi mong có dịp hợp tác với bạn. (I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with you.)

Synonyms

• Có cơ hội: To have an opportunity/chance.
• Gặp thời cơ: To encounter an opportune moment (often for bigger life events).
• Vô tình có dịp: To unintentionally/coincidentally have an opportunity.

Related Phrases

• Gặp dịp may: To meet with a stroke of luck/a lucky opportunity.
  • Anh ta gặp dịp may khi tìm được việc làm ngay. (He met with a lucky opportunity when he found a job immediately.)
• Gặp dịp là...: Whenever the opportunity arises... (Used to express a habitual action taken whenever possible).
  • Ông ấy gặp dịp là kể chuyện ngày xưa. (Whenever he gets the chance, he tells stories of the old days.)

Related Idioms

• "Hữu duyên thiên lý năng tương ngộ": (Literary: If destined, even from a thousand miles away you can meet). This idiom relates to the idea of a fortunate or destined encounter, which shares the serendipitous connotation of "gặp dịp."

1. Meet with a favourable opportunity