coincidence · coincidental · to coincide

qiǎo hé

q+iǎo·3rd toneh+é·2nd tone

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It must be a coincidence.

这一定是个巧合。

Maybe it was just a coincidence.

也许这只是一场巧合。

Tom doesn't think this is a coincidence.

汤姆不认为这是一个巧合。

Superstitions derive from the inability of men to acknowledge that coincidences are merely coincidences.

迷信之所以存在，是因为人无法接受巧合只是巧合而已。

I knew it wasn't an accident.

我知道那不是巧合。

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